OpenAI is set to hit 700 million weekly active users for ChatGPT this week, up from 500 million in March, marking a more than fourfold year-over-year surge in growth, the company said Monday.
The figure spans all ChatGPT artificial intelligence products — free, Plus Pro, Enterprise, Team, and Edu — and comes as daily user messages surpassed 3 billion, according to the company. The growth rate is also accelerating, compared with 2.5 times year-over-year growth at this time last year.
“Every day, people and teams are learning, creating, and solving harder problems,” said Nick Turley, VP of product for ChatGPT, in announcing the benchmark.
OpenAI now has 5 million paying business users on ChatGPT, up from 3 million in June, as enterprises and educators increasingly integrate AI tools.
The milestone follows news last week that OpenAI has secured $8.3 billion from a syndicate of top investors — including Dragoneer Investment Group, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, Altimeter Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Tiger Global Management, Thrive Capital, Blackstone, TPG, T. Rowe Price, and Fidelity.
