OpenAI develops and deploys advanced artificial intelligence systems with the mission of ensuring AGI benefits humanity.

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company whose stated mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Founded in 2015 as a nonprofit, OpenAI subsequently created a for-profit subsidiary to fund increasingly capital-intensive AI development. Following its October 2025 recapitalization, the organization consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation, which controls OpenAI Group PBC, a public benefit corporation responsible for its commercial operations. OpenAI develops frontier AI models and products including ChatGPT and its API platform while investing heavily in the compute infrastructure required for increasingly capable AI systems.