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Rapidly scaling online storage to serve over 1 billion ChatGPT users

SOURCEOpenAI
PUBLISHEDSeptember 11, 2026
LAYERTools
SIGNAL SCORE28/100

SOURCE SUMMARY

Learn how OpenAI evolved Habitat from a Python library into a globally distributed storage platform serving 1 billion ChatGPT users and 22M requests per second.

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TOPICSOpenAI
MODELSNo named model detected