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Updated Mar 30, 2026
Founders
Early senior researcher/technical leader (formerly at OpenAI/Tesla)
Co‑founder / early researcher
750 jobs at OpenAI
Co‑founder (early/backing investor; not active at OpenAI)
President, Chairman & Co‑Founder, OpenAI
Co‑Founder (former OpenAI researcher); reported current affiliation: Safe Superintelligence / AI research leadership roles
John Schulman
Co‑Founder; reported current title: Chief Scientist, Thinking Machines Lab (no publicly verifiable personal LinkedIn URL found)
Co‑founder / early team member
Chief Executive Officer, OpenAI
Co‑founder (early investor/engineer)
Co‑founder (early team member)
Investors
Crunchbase News · Mar 2026
Crunchbase reporting finds OpenAI completed multiple acquisitions in early 2026 (including deals such as Astral and Promptfoo) and notes an aggressive M&A cadence supported by the recent mega funding round [Crunchbase News](https://news.crunchbase.com/ma/data-openai-2023-2026-acquisitions-open-source-astral-promptfoo).
OpenAI (official blog) · Feb 2026
OpenAI announced a $110 billion private funding round and accompanying strategic partnerships; reporting cites major investors including Amazon ($50B), Nvidia ($30B) and SoftBank ($30B), and a reported post‑money valuation figure widely covered at $730 billion (with some outlets reporting higher ranges as the round remained open) [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/scaling-ai-for-everyone) [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/openai-raises-110b-in-one-of-the-largest-private-funding-rounds-in-history) [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-27/openai-finalizes-110-billion-funding-at-730-billion-valuation).
OpenAI (official blog) · Feb 2026
OpenAI and Amazon unveiled a multi‑year strategic partnership tied to Amazon's reported $50 billion investment, including cloud distribution agreements and co‑development of runtime and infrastructure services [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/amazon-partnership) [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/openais-110-billion-funding-round-draws-investment-amazon-nvidia-softbank-2026-02-27).
OpenAI (official blog) · Feb 2026
OpenAI and Microsoft issued a joint statement clarifying that the new investments and partnerships (e.g., with Amazon) do not change the terms of OpenAI's longstanding relationship with Microsoft; Microsoft remains a core cloud and strategic research partner for stateless API hosting and product deployments [OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/continuing-microsoft-partnership).