OpenAI Blog
Jan 22
Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users
An inside look at how OpenAI scaled PostgreSQL to millions of queries per second using replicas, caching, rate limiting, and workload isolation.
Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users
OpenAI expanded its Habitat system from a simple Python library into a globally distributed storage platform. This evolution enabled the service to support over 1 billion ChatGPT users and handle 22 million requests per second. The upgrade illustrates how infrastructure can scale to meet massive, real‑world demand.
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Expanding data residency access to business customers worldwide
OpenAI expands data residency for ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and the API Platform, enabling eligible customers to store data at rest in-region.
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How ChatGPT adoption has expanded
New OpenAI Signals data shows how ChatGPT adoption is growing globally, with users increasing usage, exploring more capabilities, and driving growth across regions and languages.
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Jul 29
Accelerating scientific discovery with ChatGPT for Academic Researchers
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Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT
OpenAI plans to test advertising in the U. S.
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From asking to doing: How the world is putting ChatGPT to work
New OpenAI Signals data shows how people use ChatGPT worldwide, with country-level insights on adoption, usage trends, and evolving behavior.
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OpenAI and the CSU system bring AI to 500,000 students & faculty
The largest deployment of ChatGPT to date will expand the use of AI in education and help the United States build an AI-ready workforce.
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Sep 19, 2024
Genmab launches “AI Everywhere”
Genmab embraces ChatGPT Enterprise, supported by OpenAI’s commitment to security and privacy
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Jul 21
Introducing the ChatGPT for small business program
OpenAI launches the ChatGPT for Small Businesses program, helping entrepreneurs build AI skills, automate work, and grow with ChatGPT Work.
OpenAI Blog
Jan 18
A business that scales with the value of intelligence
OpenAI’s business model scales with intelligence—spanning subscriptions, API, ads, commerce, and compute—driven by deepening ChatGPT adoption.
OpenAI Blog
Sep 29, 2025
Building OpenAI with OpenAI
At OpenAI, we rely on our own technology to help streamline work, scale expertise, and drive outcomes. In our new series, OpenAI on OpenAI, we share lessons to help other organizations do the same.
OpenAI Blog
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OpenAI partners with Cerebras
OpenAI partners with Cerebras to add 750MW of high-speed AI compute, reducing inference latency and making ChatGPT faster for real-time AI workloads.