As OpenAI looks to go public and join the growing list list of blockbuster AI IPOs, it can be easy to forget that it was a fledgling startup not too long ago. Despite existing for just over a decade, the company remains unmatched in its impact on the artificial intelligence industry, with its ChatGPT chatbot transforming generative AI into an everyday tool that has taken over mainstream discourse and spurred unprecedented investment in the sector. What to Know About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI startup that used its research in large language models and deep learning to build the chatbot called ChatGPT, bringing artificial intelligence into everyday life. The company has restructured itself into a for-profit business to raise more funds in pursuit of artificial general intelligence — a higher form of AI that could exceed human intelligence and pose greater uncertainty to the future of work. As OpenAI continues to build momentum, we’re taking a closer look at the startup’s early days, its current outlook and how its products could reshape various aspects of daily life, from intimate relationships to career prospects. What Is OpenAI? OpenAI is an AI startup founded in 2015 to pursue “human-level intelligence” that would benefit the greater good, not just company shareholders. The company took inspiration from advances in areas like machine translation and image recognition, believing this progress put machines that could “experience the world” as humans do within reach. Co-founders Sam Altman and Elon Musk originally served as OpenAI’s co-chairs, Ilya Sutskever became research director, Greg Brockman transitioned from Stripe as CTO and Andrej Karpathy joined as one of the founding research scientists. The company also had plenty of help from Microsoft early on, partnering with the tech giant in 2016 to access the cloud infrastructure and resources needed to sustain its