
What ChatGPT is
ChatGPT is OpenAI's flagship conversational AI assistant, launched in November 2022 and now running on the GPT-6 Astra flagship with the GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Terra, and Luna) beneath it. Free accounts get unlimited text chats on GPT-5.6 Luna with limited access to tools, uploads, image generation, voice, and deep research; Plus and Pro add advanced reasoning models, expanded Codex usage, projects, scheduled tasks, and custom GPTs. It remains the most widely adopted consumer AI product in the world.
Funding snapshot
OpenAI closed a funding round in March 2026 at a US$852B post-money valuation, and reported revenue of US$13.1B for 2025. Microsoft has invested over US$13B into the company, and a 2025 round of $40B at a $300B valuation is also reported (source: Wikipedia).
Key features
- Multimodal input and output (text, vision, voice, image generation)
- GPT-6 Astra flagship alongside the GPT-5.6 family (Sol, Terra, Luna)
- Advanced reasoning models with GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 on Plus and above
- Projects, scheduled tasks, and custom GPTs
- Expanded Codex usage plus ChatGPT Work on desktop, web, and mobile
- Memory, a 1.05M-token context window on flagship models, and deep research
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