OPENAI INC: Form 990, tax year 2020

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Organization
OPENAI INC (EIN 81-0861541)
Tax period
2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31
Filed
2021-11-15
IRS object ID
202103199349322970
Schema version
2020v4.0
Source
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Activity Or MissionOpenAIs goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. OpenAI believes that artificial intelligence technology will help shape the 21st century and want to help the world build safe AI technology and ensure that AI's benefits are as widely and evenly distributed as possible.ActivityOrMissionDesc
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MissionOpenAIs goal is to advance digital intelligence in the way that is most likely to benefit humanity, unconstrained by a need to generate financial return. OpenAI believes that artificial intelligence technology will help shape the 21st century and want to help the world build safe AI technology and ensure that AI's benefits are as widely and evenly distributed as possible.MissionDesc
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DescThrough its control of OpenAI, L.P., a capped-profit company to help rapidly scale investments in compute and talent, the Organizations research accomplishments in 2020 include the introduction of:1) GPT-3, a large language model with 175B parameters (vs 1.5B for GPT-2) that can predict the next word of text and generate coherent paragraphs of text.2) Image GPT, a model trained on pixel sequence that can generate coherent image completions and samples. 3) Jukebox, a music neural net that generates music, including rudimentary singing, as raw audio in a variety of genres and artist styles.4) Microscope, a collection of visualizations of every significant layer and neuron of several model organisms in order to help the research community better understand complicated systems. In order to explore the strengths and limits of its technologies in the real world, the Organization also developed an Application Programming Interface (or API), giving developers the ability to build GPT-3s capabilities into their apps. The OpenAI API was made available in private beta to select, approved developers who must abide by the use case guidelines, terms and policies established by the Organization consistent with the mission. The Organization reviews every app before it goes live according to its use case guidelines.All these advances in AI technology are moving the Organization towards achieving its mission, which is the development of Artificial General Intelligence that benefits humanity. The Organization has continued to support the OpenAI Scholars Program, which provides mentorship and support to researchers from underrepresented communities to apply their specializations to current AI research, concluding with a final open-source project.Desc
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Total$0TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl170 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$13,784,637CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$33,228,555CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$49,917,797CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$33,580,000CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year$2,661,461CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$133,172,450TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot$41,040,826SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170$92,131,624PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years$44CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years$110CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year$96,633CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total$96,787TotalAmt

Unrelated Business Net Incm170 UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total$0TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years$50,834CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year$19,688CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total$70,522TotalAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Support$133,339,759TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY1700.69100PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY1700.68390PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170Yes (X)ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
ContributorRESTRICTEDContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1RESTRICTEDBusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line1RESTRICTEDAddressLine1
Address Line2RESTRICTEDAddressLine2
CityRESTRICTEDCity
StateRESTRICTEDState
ZIP CodeRESTRICTEDZIPCode
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total ContributionsRESTRICTEDTotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Leasehold Improvements LeaseholdImprovementsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$178,180OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$53,596DepreciationAmt
Book Value$124,584BookValueAmt

Equipment EquipmentGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$2,347OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$2,347DepreciationAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis$5,425OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation$870DepreciationAmt
Book Value$4,555BookValueAmt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings$129,139TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote TextYes (X)FootnoteTextInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Form And Line ReferencePart X : FIN48 FootnoteFormAndLineReferenceDesc
ExplanationThere is no provision for federal or state taxes on income since the Organization is a tax-exempt entity under Internal Revenue Codes 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax position and has concluded that as of December 31, 2020, the Organization does not have any uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary and no unrelated business taxable income arising from website activity subject to taxation.ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Grant Records MaintainedfalseGrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (10 entries)

Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1TxtCityUSAddress/CityNmState AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCdZIPUSAddress/ZIPCdRecipient EINRecipientEINIRC SectionIRCSectionDescCash GrantCashGrantAmtNon Cash AssistanceNonCashAssistanceAmtPurpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
ACLU Foundation
125 Broad StreetNew YorkNY10004133871360501(c)(3)$42,945$0Support
Black Girls Code
1560 Van Ness AveSan FranciscoCA94109454930539501(c)(3)$49,766$0Support
Campaign Zero
10 Liberty Street Apt 38DNew YorkNY10005813764408501(c)(3)$26,708$0Support
Equal Justice Inititive
122 Commerce StreetMontgomeryAL36104631135091501(c)(3)$19,698$0Support
NAACP Legal Defense & Edu
40 Rector Street 5th FloorNew YorkNY10006131655255501(c)(3)$36,777$0Support
Southern Poverty Law Center
400 Washington AveMontgomeryAL36104630598743501(c)(3)$11,715$0Support
Thurgood Marshall College Fun
901 F St NW Suite 700WashingtonDC20004411750692501(c)(3)$15,711$0Support
Tides Foundation
1014 Torney AveSan FranciscoCA94129510198509501(c)(3)$37,899$0Support
Tides Foundation
1014 Torney AveSan FranciscoCA94129510198509501(c)(3)$7,657$0Support
UBI Charitable
469 9th St Second FLOaklandCA94607844621271501(c)(3)$10,000,000$0Support
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org10Total501c3OrgCnt
Total Other Org0TotalOtherOrgCnt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Substantiation RequiredYes (true)SubstantiationRequiredInd
Compensation CommitteeYes (X)CompensationCommitteeInd
Form990 Of Other OrganizationsYes (X)Form990OfOtherOrganizationsInd
Written Employment ContractYes (X)WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Compensation SurveyYes (X)CompensationSurveyInd
Board Or Committee ApprovalYes (X)BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance PaymentfalseSeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr PlanfalseSupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp ArrngmfalseEquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng OrgfalseCompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related OrgsfalseCompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng OrgfalseCompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd OrgsfalseCompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed PaymentsfalseAnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract ExceptionfalseInitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (10 entries)

TitleTitleTxtBase Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmtNontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmtTotal Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmtCompensation Based On Rltd OrgsCompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmtNontaxable Benefits Rltd OrgsNontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmtTotal Compensation Rltd OrgsTotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Amanda MacAskill
Policy Staff$190,289$15,374$205,663
Chris Clark
COO/Sec/Tres$50,000$50,000$302,538$8,819$311,357
David Lansky
General Counsel$305,955$305,955
Gregory Brockman
Director/CTO$55,108$95,865$150,973
Ilya Sutskever
Research Dir.$298,372$40,467$338,839
Jacob Hilton
Technical Staff$114,803$114,803$118,890$7,445$126,335
Jerry Tworek
Technical Staff$141,894$9,084$150,978$151,060$9,084$160,144
Przemyslaw J Debiak
Technical Staff$157,607$2,198$159,805
Reiichiro Nakano
Technical Staff$186,010$7,877$193,887
Shivon Zilis
Director$200,000$200,000

Schedule M IRS990ScheduleM

Other Non Cash Contri Table OtherNonCashContriTableGrp

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Non Cash CheckboxYes (X)NonCashCheckboxInd
DescComputing ServicesDesc
Contribution1ContributionCnt
Noncash Contributions Rpt F990$51,337NoncashContributionsRptF990Amt
Method Of Determining RevenuesFMVMethodOfDeterminingRevenuesTxt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Any Property That Must Be HeldfalseAnyPropertyThatMustBeHeldInd
Review Process Unusual NC GiftsfalseReviewProcessUnusualNCGiftsInd
Third Parties UsedfalseThirdPartiesUsedInd

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (6 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDescExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review ProcessThe 990 will be reviewed by the Controller and COO with the preparer, and then the COO will present it to the board.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of ConflictsThe COO reminds board members and officers annually of the policy and answers any questions the board or officers may have.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top ManagementDetermined by a committee of disinterested Board members using comparability data
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key EmployeesDetermined by a committee of disinterested Board members using comparability data
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly AvailableDocuments available upon request.
Part VI, Section B, Line 16.aThe organization contributed assets to OpenAI, LP (the Partnership), its controlled affiliate. See Form 990, Part III, Line 4a, for more information regarding the Partnership. The organization does not have a written joint venture policy but took extensive steps to safeguard its exempt status, including maintaining control of the Partnership (through control of its general partner) to ensure that the Partnership furthers the organizations exempt purposes, requiring the Partnership to have terms in its partnership agreement to give priority to exempt purposes over maximizing profits for the other participants, preventing the Partnership from engaging in activities that would jeopardize the organization's exemption, and requiring all contracts entered into with the organization to be on terms that are at arm's length or more favorable to the organization.

Schedule R IRS990ScheduleR

Id Disregarded Entities IdDisregardedEntitiesGrp

Disregarded Entity Name DisregardedEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1OpenAI GP LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line13180 18th St Suite 100AddressLine1Txt
CitySan FranciscoCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP94110ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Primary ActivitiesResearch and TechnologyPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateCALegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1OpenAI IncBusinessNameLine1Txt

Id Related Org Txbl Partnership IdRelatedOrgTxblPartnershipGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1OpenAI LPBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line13180 18th St Suite 100AddressLine1Txt
CitySan FranciscoCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP94110ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN831960637EIN
Primary ActivitiesResearch and TechnologyPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateDELegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1OpenAI GP LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Disproportionate AllocationsfalseDisproportionateAllocationsInd
General Or Managing PartnerYes (true)GeneralOrManagingPartnerInd

Id Related Org Txbl Corp Tr IdRelatedOrgTxblCorpTrGrp

Related Organization Name RelatedOrganizationName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1OpenAI LLCBusinessNameLine1Txt

US Address USAddress

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Address Line13180 18th St Ste 100AddressLine1Txt
CitySan FranciscoCityNm
State AbbreviationCAStateAbbreviationCd
ZIP94110ZIPCd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
EIN853082781EIN
Primary ActivitiesResearch and TechnologyPrimaryActivitiesTxt
Legal Domicile StateDELegalDomicileStateCd

Direct Controlling Entity Name DirectControllingEntityName

FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1OPENAI LPBusinessNameLine1Txt
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Entity TypeLLC - C CorpEntityTypeTxt
Controlled OrganizationfalseControlledOrganizationInd
FieldValueIRS element (for citing)
Receipt Of Int Annts Rnts RyltsfalseReceiptOfIntAnntsRntsRyltsInd
Gift Grnt Or Cap Contri To Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntOrCapContriToOthOrgInd
Gift Grnt Cap Contri From Oth OrgfalseGiftGrntCapContriFromOthOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees To Other OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesToOtherOrgInd
Loans Or Guarantees From Oth OrgfalseLoansOrGuaranteesFromOthOrgInd
Div Related OrganizationfalseDivRelatedOrganizationInd
Asset Sale To Other OrgYes (true)AssetSaleToOtherOrgInd
Asset Purchase From Other OrgfalseAssetPurchaseFromOtherOrgInd
Asset ExchangefalseAssetExchangeInd
Rental Of Facilities To Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFacilitiesToOthOrgInd
Rental Of Fclts From Oth OrgfalseRentalOfFcltsFromOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services For Oth OrgfalsePerformOfServicesForOthOrgInd
Perform Of Services By Other OrgfalsePerformOfServicesByOtherOrgInd
Sharing Of FacilitiesYes (true)SharingOfFacilitiesInd
Paid Employees SharingYes (true)PaidEmployeesSharingInd
Reimbursement Paid To Other OrgfalseReimbursementPaidToOtherOrgInd
Reimbursement Paid By Other OrgYes (true)ReimbursementPaidByOtherOrgInd
Transfer To Other OrgfalseTransferToOtherOrgInd
Transfer From Other OrgfalseTransferFromOtherOrgInd

Transactions Related Org TransactionsRelatedOrgGrp (4 entries)

Transaction TypeTransactionTypeTxtInvolvedInvolvedAmtMethod Of Amount DeterminationMethodOfAmountDeterminationTxt
OpenAI LP
g$208,690FMV
OpenAI LP
n$3,195,448FMV
OpenAI LP
o$691,685FMV
OpenAI LP
q$3,887,133FMV

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