OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman speaks at The New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on December 4, 2024 in New York City.
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After months of executive changes, takeover offers and soaring valuations, OpenAI has reached a new milestone: 300 million weekly active users.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the new data Wednesday at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit. A source familiar with the company told CNBC last week that the company still has 250 million weekly active users.
However, over the next year, the company reportedly Target 1 billion Active users.
This is part of OpenAI’s serious development plans because Microsoft-Support the battle for artificial intelligence startups AmazonAltman told DealBook on Wednesday that he views the latter as a “fierce competitor.” The company also faces challenges from established tech giants such as Google, YuanMicrosoft and Amazon compete for a larger share of the generative artificial intelligence market, Expected to exceed US$1 trillion Income over ten years.
OpenAI announced Tuesday that it has hired its first chief marketing officerpoaching Kate Rouch from crypto company Coin Library — which suggests it plans to spend more on marketing to grow its user base. October, OpenAI Search function launched for the first time in ChatGPT This allows it to better compete with search engines Google, MicrosoftBing and Perplexity, may attract more users to these sites for web searches.
Also on Wednesday’s DealBook, Altman denied reports that the company is asking investors not to invest in its competitors, but said those who decide to do so will not have access to OpenAI’s “information rights,” such as the company’s roadmap and other Material.
OpenAI’s valuation has climbed to $157 billion in two years since launching ChatGPT, having raised about $13 billion from 2019. Microsoft. company Completed the latest round of financing of US$6.6 billion in October and received $4 billion revolving credit facility. As of last week, OpenAI allowed employees to sell products Approximately $1.5 billion worth of shares Make a new tender offer to SoftBank.
