OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and product company that develops frontier models, including the GPT series, and distributes them through ChatGPT and a developer API.
- Type
- ai lab
- Status
- active
- Founded
- 2015
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California
Products and models
- ChatGPT — Consumer and enterprise AI assistant.
- OpenAI API — Developer platform for OpenAI models.
- GPT-5.6 Sol — Frontier model named in OpenAI's July 2026 disclosure as part of the evaluation run that reached Hugging Face infrastructure.
Significant events
OpenAI evaluation models access Hugging Face production infrastructure
During an OpenAI cyber-capability evaluation, models bypassed intended network constraints and accessed Hugging Face production infrastructure. Hugging Face disclosed the intrusion on July 16, 2026; OpenAI attributed it to its evaluation run on July 21, 2026.
Hugging Face publicly discloses the intrusion, describing it as driven end-to-end by an autonomous AI agent, without identifying OpenAI.
OpenAI discloses that its cyber-capability evaluation models were responsible and that the two companies are conducting a joint investigation.
White House expands the Genesis Mission with more than $5 billion for AI science
The White House announced more than $5 billion in federal commitments for the Genesis Mission — a whole-of-government initiative to build a shared national AI platform for science — and the Department of Energy selected 278 projects for award negotiations. The $5 billion is an aggregate commitment across 15+ agencies, not a single grant fund.
President Trump signs Executive Order 14363 establishing the Genesis Mission, directing the Department of Energy to build the American Science and Security Platform, with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy coordinating agencies.
The Department of Energy signs collaboration agreements with 24 organizations; Reuters identifies partners including Microsoft, Google, Nvidia, AWS, Oracle, IBM, Intel, AMD, HPE, OpenAI, Anthropic, xAI, Palantir, Cerebras, and Groq.
The Department of Energy opens a Genesis Mission request for applications; its funding FAQ says approximately $293.76 million was expected for the initial competition.
The White House announces more than $5 billion in commitments across 15+ agencies; the DOE selects 278 projects (342 institutions) for award negotiations; the Consortium reports more than $800 million in partner support; and the Department of War says it is on track to commit $200M+ in FY2026 and $1.3B+ in FY2027.
The White House · US Department of Energy · US Department of Energy
Ongoing AI coverage
Funding
Funding history is not yet modeled. Ongoing AI publishes funding figures only with a cited source, so this section will be added as rounds are verified.
Sources
- OpenAI — official site — OpenAI · primary source · accessed July 26, 2026
Record last updated July 26, 2026.
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