ChatGPT Enterprise quadruples user numbers in first quarter as OpenAI targets corporate use
- OpenAI’s chief operating officer Brad Lightcap said there are 600,000 people signed up to use ChatGPT Enterprise, up from 150,000 in January
- OpenAI is facing increasingly fierce competition in the AI space from players like Anthropic and its own backer Microsoft, along with an industry talent war
OpenAI is seeing surging demand for the corporate version of ChatGPT even as it confronts a growing number of artificial intelligence companies offering similar products for the workplace.
In an interview on Bloomberg Technology, OpenAI’s chief operating officer Brad Lightcap said there are now more than 600,000 people signed up to use ChatGPT Enterprise, up from around 150,000 in January.
This “is going to be the year of adoption for AI in the enterprise”, Lightcap said in the interview. “We’re just seeing tremendous momentum.”
As OpenAI’s COO, Lightcap is tasked with building out new sources of revenue for the AI start-up and proving that there’s significant money to be made from generative AI. One of Lightcap’s most high-profile projects is leading negotiations with media companies to license their content to develop OpenAI’s models and be displayed in the ChatGPT app. “I expect a lot more from us in the future on this front,” Lightcap said.