OpenAI evolved Habitat storage platform to support ChatGPT at scale
OpenAI reports it evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform to support ChatGPT. According to the company, the architecture scales to serve 1 billion users and handles 22 million requests per second. Claims are as reported; this summary makes no determination about accuracy or significance.
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Sep 28, 2026
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