OpenAI is considering eventually helping other businesses tap into the data centers and physical infrastructure needed for artificial intelligence, potentially creating a new revenue line that could offset some of the ChatGPT maker’s immense costs.

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, is in talks to sell $6 billion in shares owned by its current and former employees to investors, in a deal that would value the artificial intelligence company at roughly $500 billion, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar said on Wednesday that the ChatGPT maker could eventually sell an infrastructure service that would let other companies have access to data centers and other types of physical infrastructure.

Discover how OpenAI's GPT-5 and GPT-6 are set to transform AI with groundbreaking features and real-world applications.

OpenAI CFO says undercompute is the company's biggest constraint as the AI firm reports its first-ever $1 billion month.

OpenAI chairman Bret Taylor likens the current AI boom to the dot-com era, cautioning that not all companies will succeed despite the hype and massive investments. He emphasizes that long-term success in AI depends on providing real-world utility,

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday challenged OpenAI's GPT-5 release by asserting his xAI's Grok 4 Heavy model was already outperforming it two weeks ago.

In late 2024, former OpenAI researcher Sucha Balaji, who raised ethical concerns about OpenAI’s use of protected content and alleged copyright violations, was found dead in an apparent suicide, intensifying scrutiny of the company’s internal culture and transparency.