OpenAI’s weekly active users surge to 300 million | Wilnesh News

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 older 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 on Tuesday that it has hired its first chief marketing officer, poaching Kate Rouch from cryptocurrency firm Coinbase, signaling that the company plans to spend more on marketing to grow its user base. In October, OpenAI launched a search feature in ChatGPT, allowing it to better compete with search engines such as Google, Microsoft’s Bing and Perplexity, and potentially attract more users who visit 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.

Since ChatGPT launched, OpenAI’s valuation has climbed to $157 billion in two years, raising about $13 billion from Microsoft. The company completed its latest $6.6 billion funding round in October and secured a $4 billion revolving credit line. As of last week, OpenAI allowed employees to sell about $1.5 billion worth of stock in a new tender offer to SoftBank.