OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells employees ChatGPT growth reaccelerates to 10% monthly, Codex surges 50% weekly as company pursues $100 billion funding round amid intensifying competition from Anthropic's Claude Code.

Sam Altman touts ChatGPT's reaccelerating growth to employees as OpenAI closes in on $100 billion funding

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled "Transforming Business through AI" in Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2025.Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty ImagesAs OpenAI faces intensifying pressure from rival Anthropic's improved coding tools, CEO Sam Altman is telling employees and investors that his company is seeing its share of momentum.Altman told OpenAI employees on Friday that ChatGPT, the company's popular artificial intelligence chatbot, is "back ...