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  "markdown": "Co-founder, OpenAI.\n\nIlya Sutskever co-founded OpenAI and was its chief scientist, overseeing research behind its GPT models and reasoning models such as o1. With Alex Krizhevsky and Geoffrey Hinton he co-created AlexNet. In June 2024 he co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc. with Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy.\n\n- X: https://x.com/ilyasut\n\n## What Ilya builds\n\n- [Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/acp.md), graded C, 61.3/100, in Agent checkout protocols. Open checkout spec from OpenAI and Stripe (2025-09-29). Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [GPT-Live](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt-live.md), graded B, 66.9/100, in Conversational voice agents. GPT-Live is OpenAI's full-duplex voice API (`gpt-live-1`), which listens while it speaks and delegates reasoning and tools to a Responses model, the Decisions API or the developer's own agent. Clients connect over WebRTC, WebSocket or SIP. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [gpt-oss-120b](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt-oss-120b.md), graded BB, 70.2/100, in Open-weight models. gpt-oss-120b is OpenAI's open-weight mixture-of-experts reasoning model, 116.8B parameters with 5.1B active and a 131,072-token context, published on Hugging Face in MXFP4 under Apache 2.0. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [gpt-oss-20b](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gpt-oss-20b.md), graded B, 69.9/100, in Open-weight models. gpt-oss-20b is OpenAI's open-weight mixture-of-experts reasoning model, 21B parameters with 3.6B active and a 131,072-token context, published on Hugging Face in MXFP4 under Apache 2.0 and trained on the harmony prompt format. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-agents-sdk.md), graded AA, 86.2/100, in Agent frameworks \u0026 SDKs. Multi-agent framework built on agents, hand-offs and guardrails, with sessions, tracing and human approval. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-api.md), graded A, 82.9/100, in Model APIs \u0026 inference. OpenAI's API for accessing its models through Responses, Chat Completions and Batch endpoints. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Codex](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-codex.md), graded BB, 73.5/100, in Agent harnesses. OpenAI's coding agent for software development tasks. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Decisions API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-decisions-api.md), graded BB, 73.1/100, in Decision models. The Decisions API is an OpenAI endpoint, in public beta since 6 October 2026, that reads text and images and returns typed answers with probabilities, a predicate, a choice from a fixed set or a rubric score. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md), graded F, 28.8/100, in Personal assistants. Dots is OpenAI's always-on agent inside ChatGPT, in beta. Each dot has a cloud computer and browser, keeps notes, works between conversations across connected apps, and answers in ChatGPT, by voice call, Slack and Teams. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [OpenAI embeddings](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-embeddings.md), graded BB, 72.2/100, in Embeddings \u0026 rerankers. OpenAI's text embedding API, with adjustable output dimensions for search and retrieval applications. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Guardrails](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-guardrails.md), graded B, 69.5/100, in Guardrails \u0026 safety filters. OpenAI's open-source Python library that wraps the OpenAI client and runs configured checks on inputs, outputs and tool calls, including moderation, jailbreak, prompt injection, personal data, URL and off-topic checks. It is labelled a preview. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-27.\n- [OpenAI Image API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-image-api.md), graded BB, 72.4/100, in Image generation. OpenAI's image generation and editing endpoints (/v1/images/generations and /v1/images/edits), also callable as a tool inside the Responses API. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Moderation API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-moderation.md), graded BB, 71.4/100, in Guardrails \u0026 safety filters. Free classifier endpoint that scores text and images against 13 harm categories (harassment, hate, illicit, self-harm, sexual, violence and their sub-types) and returns a flagged boolean plus per-category scores. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Realtime API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-realtime.md), graded B, 63.4/100, in Conversational voice agents. OpenAI's Realtime API runs spoken conversations with speech-to-speech models such as `gpt-realtime-2.1`. Clients connect over WebRTC, WebSocket or SIP, and sessions support interruptions, function calling and remote MCP tools. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Sora API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-sora.md), graded F, 9.4/100, in Video generation. Discontinued OpenAI video generation API for the Sora 2 and Sora 2 Pro models. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [OpenAI Speech to Text](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-speech-to-text.md), graded BB, 72.6/100, in Speech-to-text. OpenAI's speech-to-text API. It transcribes uploaded audio files through `/v1/audio/transcriptions`, translates recordings into English through `/v1/audio/translations`, and transcribes live audio in Realtime transcription sessions over WebSocket or WebRTC. Co-founder, OpenAI, researched 2026-10-26.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Andrej Karpathy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/andrej-karpathy/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Durk Kingma](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/durk-kingma/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Elon Musk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elon-musk/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Greg Brockman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/greg-brockman/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [John Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-collison/), Co-founder, Stripe\n- [John Schulman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-schulman/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Pamela Vagata](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pamela-vagata/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Patrick Collison](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/patrick-collison/), Co-founder, Stripe\n- [Sam Altman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sam-altman/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Trevor Blackwell](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/trevor-blackwell/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Vicki Cheung](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/vicki-cheung/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Wojciech Zaremba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/wojciech-zaremba/), Co-founder, OpenAI\n- [Hannah Koch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/hannah-koch/), Product Manager, Codex\n- [Ian Kivlichan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ian-kivlichan/), Safety researcher; credited Moderation model contributor\n- [John Hallman](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/john-hallman/), Credited gpt-oss contributor; post-training researcher\n- [Justin Beckwith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/justin-beckwith/), OpenAI engineering leader; Guardrails repository contributor\n- [Justin Uberti](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/justin-uberti/), Head of Realtime AI; Member of Technical Staff\n- [Nikunj Handa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nikunj-handa/), Head of Product, OpenAI API\n- [Rennie Song](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/rennie-song/), Member of Technical Staff; Dots engineer\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [SoftBank](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/softbank/)\n- [Thrive Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/thrive-capital/)\n- [Microsoft](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/microsoft/)\n- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)\n- [Altimeter Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altimeter-capital/)\n- [Coatue](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/coatue/)\n- [Khosla Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/khosla-ventures/)\n- [Fidelity Investments](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/fidelity-investments/)\n- [MGX](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/mgx/)\n- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Ilya Sutskever?\n\nIlya Sutskever co-founded OpenAI and was its chief scientist, overseeing research behind its GPT models and reasoning models such as o1. With Alex Krizhevsky and Geoffrey Hinton he co-created AlexNet. In June 2024 he co-founded Safe Superintelligence Inc. with Daniel Gross and Daniel Levy.\n\n### What does OpenAI and Stripe, OpenAI make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), GPT-Live, gpt-oss-120b, gpt-oss-20b, OpenAI Agents SDK, OpenAI API, OpenAI Codex, OpenAI Decisions API, Dots, OpenAI embeddings, OpenAI Guardrails, OpenAI Image API, OpenAI Moderation API, OpenAI Realtime API, OpenAI Sora API and OpenAI Speech to Text from OpenAI and Stripe, OpenAI. Open checkout spec from OpenAI and Stripe (2025-09-29).\n\n### Who has invested in OpenAI and Stripe, OpenAI?\n\nThe sources our research read name SoftBank, Thrive Capital, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Altimeter Capital, Coatue, Khosla Ventures, Fidelity Investments, MGX and Tiger Global.\n\n### How are Ilya's tools graded?\n\nAgentic Commerce Protocol (ACP) is graded C, 61.3 out of 100; GPT-Live is graded B, 66.9 out of 100; gpt-oss-120b is graded BB, 70.2 out of 100; gpt-oss-20b is graded B, 69.9 out of 100; OpenAI Agents SDK is graded AA, 86.2 out of 100; OpenAI API is graded A, 82.9 out of 100; OpenAI Codex is graded BB, 73.5 out of 100; OpenAI Decisions API is graded BB, 73.1 out of 100; Dots is graded F, 28.8 out of 100; OpenAI embeddings is graded BB, 72.2 out of 100; OpenAI Guardrails is graded B, 69.5 out of 100; OpenAI Image API is graded BB, 72.4 out of 100; OpenAI Moderation API is graded BB, 71.4 out of 100; OpenAI Realtime API is graded B, 63.4 out of 100; OpenAI Sora API is graded F, 9.4 out of 100; OpenAI Speech to Text is graded BB, 72.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.agenticcommerce.dev\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/main/MAINTAINERS.md\n- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agentic-commerce-protocol/agentic-commerce-protocol/main/README.md\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stripe\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenAI\n- https://openai.com/index/continuous-voice-interaction-with-gpt-live/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/juberti/details/experience/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/juberti\n- https://openai.com/index/introducing-openai/\n- https://x.com/sama/with_replies?lang=en\n- https://x.com/gdb/with_replies\n- https://x.com/ilyasut/with_replies\n- https://x.com/woj_zaremba/with_replies\n- https://openai.com/\n- https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6614161-how-can-i-contact-support\n- https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-hallman/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikunjhanda/\n- https://x.com/nikunjhanda\n- https://developers.openai.com/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-koch-a4489457/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=%22Codex%22%20%22OpenAI%22%20%22lead%22\n- https://x.com/rennsong\n- https://openai.com/index/introducing-dots/\n- https://github.com/openai/openai-guardrails-python\n- https://github.com/jbeckwith-oai\n- https://jbeckwith.com\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckwith\n- https://openai.com/index/upgrading-the-moderation-api-with-our-new-multimodal-moderation-model/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-kivlichan/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. 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