Since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT by OpenAI has come a long way. What started as a tool for writing essays and coding has grown into a platform with a whopping 300 million weekly active users. OpenAI hasn’t just sat back and watched this happen—they’ve been busy expanding their reach. They’ve teamed up with Apple to launch Apple Intelligence, rolled out the voice-capable GPT-4o, and even introduced Sora, their text-to-video model that everyone’s been waiting for.
The year 2024 was a big one for OpenAI, even though it wasn’t all smooth sailing. They faced some internal changes with key figures like co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever and CTO Mira Murati leaving the company. On top of that, they found themselves in some legal battles over copyright with newspapers owned by Alden Global Capital and had to deal with an injunction from Elon Musk to stop them from becoming a for-profit model.
Looking ahead to 2025, the competition is heating up. OpenAI is working hard to stay ahead of rising Chinese competitors like DeepSeek. They’re strengthening their connections in Washington and have big plans for a new data center project. Plus, they’re gearing up for a major funding round that could be a game-changer.
