OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory founded in 2015 with a mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. The lab is based in San Francisco and is backed by some of the world's leading tech investors, including Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and Microsoft. OpenAI's research focuses on developing AI technologies that can be used to solve real-world problems and improve human life. The lab has developed a number of AI-based products, such as robotic systems for manufacturing and healthcare, autonomous vehicles, natural language processing systems and more. OpenAI's goal is to create an AGI system that can understand the world as well as humans do and make decisions independently. This could revolutionize the way we think about journeys - both physical and intellectual - in our lives.