OpenAI
Worth-Joining Index · Scorecard
v2.1 ALPHA · 2026-08Career Score
—/100
Coverage
51%
Verified
0%
Stage cohort
Early
Vibe Check
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Latest valuation
$852B (2026-03)
Total raised
~$138.4B across 6 rounds (through 2026)
Team size
~7,832 employees
Traction · Key numbers
Funding
Total raised
~$138.4B across 6 rounds (through 2026)
Rounds
4
Valuation pace
$300B
$122B
Funding Round · 2026-03 · valuation $852B post (2026-03) · led by Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank
With: MGX, TPG, T. Rowe Price, Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft · Largest private tech fundraise in history; company reportedly eyeing a 2026 public listing
$110B
Funding Round · 2026-02 · valuation $730B pre · led by Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank
Amazon $50B, Nvidia and SoftBank $30B each
Employee Tender · 2025-10
Employee share sale, making it the world's most valuable private company
$40B
Funding Round · 2025-04 · valuation $300B post · led by SoftBank
One of the largest private tech deals in history at the time
▸Unprecedented round size: $122B in one round, with investors spanning SoftBank, Amazon, NVIDIA, a16z — nearly an industry-wide bet
▸Valuation nearly tripled in a year, but the gap between current revenue and committed compute/data-center spend is the central concern
▸The capital structure has moved from typical VC rounds to employee tenders to sovereign-fund-scale financing — closer to mega infrastructure than a startup
Founders
Sam Altman CEO
Co-founder and CEO, former president of Y Combinator
Greg Brockman President
Co-founder and President, former CTO of Stripe
Ilya Sutskever Co-founder
Co-founder, former Chief Scientist, deep learning researcher
Elon Musk Co-founder
Co-founder and early funder, later departed the company
Reality · Working here
Signals & Risks
Editorial ✎
Good fit for
· Elite research talent who want to work at the model frontier with essentially unlimited resources
· Engineers who want to cut their teeth on infrastructure and distributed systems problems at the largest scale that exists
· People who can handle an intense, high-visibility environment under constant media and political scrutiny
Not for
· People who want a stable, predictable pace — org structure and priorities shift very fast
· People who prioritize equity certainty — valuation has soared but liquidity and long-term value remain highly uncertain
Ask in the interview
1. How large is the gap between current revenue and long-term compute/data-center commitments, and how does the company view that risk?
2. What is the real win rate against Anthropic, Google Gemini, and xAI for enterprise customers?
3. If model capability gains slow down, how does the business model and valuation logic adjust?
Data changelog
Community corrections → editorial review → applied, fully on the record
data as of 2026-03 · Source: Forbes / press coverage of $122B round ↗
data as of 2026-03 · Source: ValueAddVC aggregation ↗
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