A little over two years after ChatGPT first burst onto the mainstream, OpenAI has established itself on another playing field: the enterprise market. The company announced that it has surpassed 3 million paid business users, a million more than in February. These customers use specific offerings like ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu, designed to integrate with internal tools and workflows.
ChatGPT, a useful assistant for businesses
According to Brad Lightcap, COO, "growth on the consumer side is directly fueling enterprise adoption." Companies like Uber, Morgan Stanley, and Lowe's are already using OpenAI's products, even in highly regulated sectors like finance and healthcare.
And the momentum seems to be well established. OpenAI claims to sign nine new companies per week. In total, 500 million active users connect to ChatGPT each week, a figure that confirms its growing popularity among Internet users.
To strengthen this position, OpenAI is launching new tools designed to make ChatGPT more useful in everyday life. Among them, an audio recording function for meetings, which then automatically generates a transcript or summary document via the Canvas tool. This feature is currently being rolled out on macOS for Teams, with a planned arrival in other plans.
Another new feature: connectors for professional solutions. These allow you to draw from files stored on Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or SharePoint directly from ChatGPT. The stated objective: to make AI a truly integrated tool, capable of "seeing what you see." And acting accordingly.
This all-out expansion is reflected in the financials. OpenAI now exceeds $10 billion in recurring revenue per year, a figure that nearly doubles last year's $5.5 billion. And that's not including revenue from licensing agreements with Microsoft. The goal is to reach $125 billion in revenue by 2029, according to a source close to the company.
To achieve this, OpenAI is relying on significant financial resources. The company raised $40 billion in March, the largest fundraising round ever recorded in tech. At this point, OpenAI's valuation is equivalent to 30 times its revenue.
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