Company
OpenAI
American AI research and deployment company. Develops and operates ChatGPT, GPT-4, and the OpenAI API. Structured as OpenAI Group PBC (a public benefit corporation), with the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation retaining ~26% equity and governance control. Major investor: Microsoft.
Who owns it
No filing-sourced ownership yet. That means we haven’t found a filing — not that the company has no owners.
What’s documented
- 2026-07-21lobbyingOpenAI spent $1.2 million on federal lobbying in Q2 2026, up about 18% from Q1 2026, according to federal lobbying disclosures reported July 21, 2026. OpenAI and Anthropic together spent a combined $3.17 million in Q2 2026, a record for both companies, up 23% from Q1.source →
What we’ve classified so far
- political influence1