What they’re building
Released in early 2025, Operator is a browser-based agent that can see and interact with web pages to complete multi-step online tasks like shopping, booking, and research. It is built on the Computer-Using Agent (CUA) model, which combines GPT-4o vision with reinforcement learning for web tasks.
Company facts
Investment & ownership
Microsoft is the anchor investor. Raised a record-setting $40B round announced in March 2025, led by SoftBank, the largest private tech financing on record at the time.
Key people
- Sam AltmanCEO & co-founder
- Greg BrockmanPresident & co-founder
Why it matters for the agentic web
When the largest consumer AI company ships a browser agent, every website owner inherits a new visitor type: software that reads pages, fills forms, and buys. Operator is the clearest signal that the agentic web is a consumer product now, not a lab demo.
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