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OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that conducts research and implements machine learning, known for creating powerful models like GPT-3 and GPT-4, which generate human-like text and are used in various…

ProductivityAI assistantsplatform.openai.com ↗First seen Jul 1, 2025

26appearances across 3 of 4 indexes
#2best rank, AI Breakout January 2026
44latest Shadow IT index (October 2026)

Summary

  • OpenAI appears 26 times in Torii Research, first in AI Breakout July 2025, most recently in AI Breakout October 2026. Best rank: #2 (AI Breakout January 2026).

Over time

One chart per measure. Values as published in each edition.

Rank in AI Breakout

Rank 1 is at the top. Hover a point for the edition.

AI Breakout: July 2025: #6#6AI Breakout: August 2025: #6AI Breakout: September 2025: #5AI Breakout: October 2025: #5AI Breakout: November 2025: #4AI Breakout: December 2025: #6AI Breakout: January 2026: #2#2AI Breakout: February 2026: #3AI Breakout: March 2026: #4AI Breakout: April 2026: #5AI Breakout: May 2026: #4AI Breakout: June 2026: #4AI Breakout: July 2026: #4AI Breakout: August 2026: #4AI Breakout: September 2026: #3AI Breakout: October 2026: #3#3Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26

Rank in Adoption Index

Rank 1 is at the top. Hover a point for the edition.

Adoption Index: January 2026: #10#10Adoption Index: February 2026: #29Adoption Index: April 2026: #29Adoption Index: May 2026: #30Adoption Index: June 2026: #29Adoption Index: July 2026: #30Adoption Index: August 2026: #23Adoption Index: September 2026: #22Adoption Index: October 2026: #13#13Jan 26Feb 26Apr 26May 26Jun 26Jul 26Aug 26Sep 26Oct 26

Shadow IT index over time

0 to 100; higher means more often unsanctioned. Every edition that reports it.

AI Breakout: July 2025: 4141Viral App Radar: 2025: 42AI Breakout: September 2025: 38AI Breakout: October 2025: 37AI Breakout: November 2025: 36AI Breakout: December 2025: 35AI Breakout: January 2026: 36AI Breakout: February 2026: 36AI Breakout: March 2026: 34AI Breakout: April 2026: 32AI Breakout: May 2026: 27AI Breakout: June 2026: 43AI Breakout: July 2026: 43AI Breakout: August 2026: 43AI Breakout: September 2026: 43AI Breakout: October 2026: 4444Jul 25Sep 25Nov 25Jan 26Mar 26May 26Jul 26Oct 26

Every edition

Newest first.

Every Torii Research edition that lists OpenAI.
IndexEditionRankKey metricShadow ITPublished
AI BreakoutOctober 2026#3same rank442026-10-08
Adoption IndexOctober 2026#13up 9442026-10-08
AI BreakoutSeptember 2026#3up 1432026-09-03
Adoption IndexSeptember 2026#22up 1432026-09-02
AI BreakoutAugust 2026#4same rank432026-08-03
Adoption IndexAugust 2026#23up 7432026-08-02
AI BreakoutJuly 2026#4same rank432026-07-03
Adoption IndexJuly 2026#30down 1432026-07-02
AI BreakoutJune 2026#4same rank432026-06-03
Adoption IndexJune 2026#29up 1432026-06-02
AI BreakoutMay 2026#4up 1272026-05-03
Adoption IndexMay 2026#30down 1272026-05-02
AI BreakoutApril 2026#5down 1322026-04-03
Adoption IndexApril 2026#29new322026-04-02
AI BreakoutMarch 2026#4down 1342026-03-03
AI BreakoutFebruary 2026#3down 1362026-02-03
Adoption IndexFebruary 2026#29down 19362026-02-02
AI BreakoutJanuary 2026#2up 4362026-01-03
Adoption IndexJanuary 2026#10new362026-01-02
AI BreakoutDecember 2025#6down 2352025-12-03
AI BreakoutNovember 2025#4up 1362025-11-05
AI BreakoutOctober 2025#5same rank372025-10-01
AI BreakoutSeptember 2025#5up 1382025-09-10
Viral App Radar2025#3viral score 5.3422025-08-01
AI BreakoutAugust 2025#6same rank412025-08-01
AI BreakoutJuly 2025#6down 1412025-07-01

Source: Torii Research reports, anonymized and aggregated usage data. Definitions in the glossary.

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