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OpenAI

AI research company that created GPT, ChatGPT, DALL-E, and other leading AI systems.

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Definition

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research company founded in 2015, known for creating some of the most advanced AI systems.

  • **Key Products:**
  • ChatGPT: Conversational AI (100M+ users)
  • GPT-4: Advanced language model
  • DALL-E: Image generation
  • Whisper: Speech recognition
  • Codex: Code generation (powers GitHub Copilot)

History: - 2015: Founded as non-profit - 2019: Transitioned to capped-profit - 2020: Released GPT-3 - 2022: Launched ChatGPT - 2023: Released GPT-4

Business Model: - API access (pay per token) - ChatGPT Plus subscription - Enterprise offerings

Competitors: - Anthropic (Claude) - Google (Gemini) - Meta (Llama) - Mistral

Examples

ChatGPT became the fastest-growing app in history, reaching 100M users in 2 months.

Related Terms

GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer)

OpenAI's series of large language models that power ChatGPT.

ChatGPT

OpenAI's conversational AI interface, the most widely used AI chatbot globally.

DALL-E

OpenAI's text-to-image model that generates images from text descriptions.

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