# OpenAI

*AI lab and Tempo design partner.*

OpenAI is a San Francisco–based AI research and deployment company, maker of ChatGPT and the OpenAI API, founded in December 2015. Within the Tempo ecosystem it was named an original design partner at the September 4, 2025 launch and is listed in Tempo's Machine Payments Protocol (MPP) services directory, where AI agents can pay for its services inline. Tempo has no native token, and network fees are paid in USD-denominated TIP-20 stablecoins.

## At a glance

- **Type:** company
- **Category:** companies-partners
- **Status:** active
- **Website:** https://openai.com

## Key facts

- **What it is:** OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company, maker of ChatGPT and the GPT family of large language models and the OpenAI developer API. _(confidence 60%)_
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States. _(confidence 60%)_
- **Founded:** December 2015, originally as a non-profit AI research lab. _(confidence 92%)_
- **Role on Tempo:** Named an original/initial design partner of Tempo's payments-first blockchain; no validator, stablecoin-issuer, or investor role is identified in Tempo sources. _(confidence 90%)_
- **Tempo announcement date:** Named among Tempo's design partners at the payments-first blockchain launch on September 4, 2025. _(confidence 88%)_
- **Tempo fee model:** Tempo has no native token; transaction fees are paid in USD-denominated TIP-20 stablecoins. _(confidence 95%)_
- **Products:** ChatGPT and the OpenAI API platform, alongside other GPT-family models and tools. _(confidence 60%)_
- **Website:** https://openai.com _(confidence 60%)_

## Related entities

- [Tempo](https://tempo.dataos.so/entity/tempo) — partners

## Sources

1. [https://openai.com/about/](https://openai.com/about/)
2. [https://openai.com/about](https://openai.com/about)
3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI)
4. [https://tempo.xyz/blog/introducing-tempo](https://tempo.xyz/blog/introducing-tempo)
5. [https://docs.tempo.xyz/protocol/fees](https://docs.tempo.xyz/protocol/fees)
6. [https://openai.com](https://openai.com)

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Last reviewed: 7 Jun 2025  
Canonical: https://tempo.dataos.so/entity/openai  
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