
What ChatGPT is
ChatGPT is OpenAI's flagship conversational AI assistant, launched in November 2022 and currently powered by the GPT-4o and GPT-5 model families. It is the most widely adopted consumer AI product in the world, serving hundreds of millions of weekly active users.
Funding snapshot
$40B at $300B valuation (April 2025); $122B at $852B post-money (April 2026)
Key features
- Multimodal input and output (text, vision, voice, image generation)
- GPT-4o and GPT-5 family model access
- Custom GPTs and plugin ecosystem
- OpenAI API for enterprise integration
- Memory and persistent conversations
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