model release
OpenAI begins GPT-Live-1.1 voice rollout
Began rolling out GPT-Live-1.1 and Quip voice models October 15 in ChatGPT, Codex and Dots; API access was still planned.
Frontier Labs · Private company · Deployment
OpenAI
✓ VerifiedOpenAI remains the reference point for much of the market because it combines frontier model development with mass user distribution through ChatGPT, strong API adoption, and fast-moving coding and media products.
San Francisco, USFounded 2015API accessDaily review target
Editorial intelligence brief
Editorial focus
Began rolling out GPT-Live-1.1 and GPT-Live-1.1 Quip in ChatGPT Voice on October 15, 2026, including Codex and Dots voice experiences; API access was announced for later.
Focus: General multimodal foundation models, reasoning, coding, video
Editorially verified updates
What changed
model release
Began rolling out GPT-6.1 Sol Ultrafast on October 8, 2026 in the API, Codex and ChatGPT Work.
OpenAI · Read source ↗Added to map Oct 10, 2026
research
OpenAI publishes AI mathematics manuscripts
OpenAI released hundreds of manuscripts from an internal model; not all results are formalized or fully verified, and the catalogue continues to change.
OpenAI · Read source ↗Added to map Oct 10, 2026
product update
Opened the Decisions API in public beta on October 6, 2026.
OpenAI · Read source ↗Added to map Oct 10, 2026
External coverage of OpenAI
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Last checked Oct 18, 2026.
Reuters · Reporting
Oct 15, 2026
The New York Times · Reporting
Oct 15, 2026
OpenAI · Primary source
Oct 15, 2026
Source-backed financial history
Funding and financial history
Funding, valuation, revenue, and debt are kept separate so unlike measurements are never presented as one trend.
Records
6
Sum of recorded funding
$182.6B
Coverage
partial
Partial history: earlier or intervening rounds may be missing. The sum covers only the announcements recorded here, not lifetime funding. Announced commitments may be paid over time; this is not a cash balance. Dates show announcements or first public reports, which can follow the investment itself.
Recorded funding over time
Jul 2019 – Mar 2026
Lines connect recorded announcements; they do not estimate funding between rounds. Dates reflect announcements or first public reports. Same-day disclosures share a chart marker.
#1
Microsoft investment · $1B
Running tracked total: $1B
#2
Earlier Microsoft investment (reported) · $2B
Running tracked total: $3B
#3
Microsoft investment (reported) · $10B
Running tracked total: $13B
#4
Funding round · $6.6B
Running tracked total: $19.6B
#5
SoftBank-led funding round (final close) · $41B
Running tracked total: $60.6B
#6
Funding round (final close) · $122B
Running tracked total: $182.6B
Sources and details for every recorded funding announcement, newest first.
Funding round (final close) · $122B
$122B in committed capital at an $852B post-money valuation. Replaces the same round's February 27 $110B announcement; investor contributions are included, not added separately.
SoftBank-led funding round (final close) · $41B
$41B final round total: $30B from SoftBank and $11B from co-investors. Supersedes the March 2025 $40B announcement; closing occurred December 26 and was publicly confirmed December 31. Counted once.
Funding round · $6.6B
$6.6B raised at a $157B post-money valuation.
Microsoft investment (reported) · $10B
Reported $10B multiyear investment; Microsoft did not disclose the amount.
Earlier Microsoft investment (reported) · $2B
The New York Times reported a further $2B invested after the 2019 $1B round and before the separate 2023 $10B deal. Microsoft identifies earlier financing in 2021. This record uses the January 2023 public disclosure date, not an assumed 2021 closing day.
Microsoft investment · $1B
$1B investment announced as part of the Microsoft partnership.
Product surface
Products and model families
Recent models
GPT-6 Astra LawGPT-6 AstraGPT-6 SolGPT-6 LunaGPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 TerraGPT-6.1 SolGPT-6.1 Sol UltrafastGPT-Live-1.1GPT-Live-1.1 Quip
Products
ChatGPTChatGPT WorkSoraCodexAgents APIAstra for LawOpenAI DaybreakDotsChatGPT SpaceDecisions API (public beta)
Open weights
No
API access
Yes
Review target
Daily
Market position
Lifecycle and strategic signals
Research
Preview
Growth
Deployment
Deployment: Production & at scale
Focus
General multimodal foundation models, reasoning, coding, video
Signals
ReasoningMultimodalAPI platform
Taxonomy
Media ModelsVertical + EnterpriseAgentic Coding ToolsAcademic + NonprofitOpen Weight LabsCodingCoding agentsVideoDeveloper tools
Competitive context
AnthropicGoogle DeepMindxAI
Infrastructure & distribution
Where OpenAI sits in the AI stack
01
Model layer
10 tracked model families
02
Access layer
Managed API
03
Market layer
Frontier Labs
Public product surface
ChatGPTChatGPT WorkSoraCodexAgents APIAstra for LawOpenAI DaybreakDots
Stack signals
CodingCoding agentsVideoDeveloper toolsReasoningMultimodalAPI platform
This section reflects publicly visible product and access signals. Undisclosed GPU, cloud, training, and data-center contracts are not inferred.
Evidence trail
Sources and corrections
Primary and public sources used to verify the structured company profile.
OpenAI developersofficialGPT-5.6officialCyber resilienceofficialOpenAI Agents APIofficialOpenAI GPT-6 AstraofficialOpenAI Astra for LawofficialOpenAI model-misalignment reporting frameworkresearchdevelopers.openai.com — changelogofficialOpenAI extends Daybreak to Ukraineofficialopenai.com — introducing mentalhealthbenchofficialalignment.openai.com — an agent used dns to reach an external chatbotofficialdeploymentsafety.openai.com — evaluating auto reviewofficialhelp.openai.com — 20001554 manage dots in chatgpt workspacesofficialopenai.com — devday 2026 recapofficialgithub.com — mathofficialcnbc.com — open ai revenue nvidia oracle coreweavepressaxios.com — openai 50 billion arr anthropic revenue accountingpresscommunity.openai.com — Source documentofficialcommunity.openai.com — Source documentofficialOpenAI review sourceofficialOpenAI review sourceofficialOpenAI review sourceofficial
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