# DESIGN.md — OpenAI

> Research-grade neutrality: Söhne typography, near-monochrome surfaces and interfaces that get out of the model's way.
> Distilled by design.live · AI · openai.com
> Agent prompt: "Use the design.live MCP and make it look like OpenAI."

## Brand context
ai research and deployment for the public benefit

OpenAI builds and deploys cutting-edge AI models and tools—from research breakthroughs to products like ChatGPT and a developer API—so individuals and teams can use AI for complex, high-impact work, with OpenAI’s safety-and-trust approach grounded in provenance signals that help people verify where AI-generated media comes from through standards like C2PA conformance and Content Credentials.

Audiences:
- software developers and AI builders using the OpenAI API
- enterprise teams buying ChatGPT Enterprise and API offerings
- individual users of ChatGPT for everyday and creative tasks

## Assets
logo (for light surfaces): https://cdn.design.live/v1/domain/openai.com/logo?theme=dark
logo (for dark surfaces):  https://cdn.design.live/v1/domain/openai.com/logo?theme=light
icon:                      https://cdn.design.live/v1/domain/openai.com/icon

## Palette
#080808    dark
#FFFFFF    light

## Type
title    OpenAI Sans (custom)
body     OpenAI Sans (custom)

## Type scale
display:    Söhne, 500 weight
weights:    400 · 500 · 600
scale:      64 / 40 / 26 / 18 / 15
tracking:   -0.01em, calm rhythm

## Signature moves
- Monochrome UI, content in color
- Conversation as the primary surface
- Serif only for research contexts
- Motion limited to state changes

## Evidence coverage (private beta)
screens indexed:       29
screens VLM-annotated: 29
workflows mapped:      3
workflows annotated:   3
platforms:             iOS, Web

Evidence returned by the MCP is deduplicated, ranked for the request, and linked to source and permission provenance. Counts reflect the canonical evidence-store snapshot, not invented adoption or asset totals. Screen imagery is delivered through authenticated, metered MCP calls; it is not distributed on public pages.

## Retrieval
Ask the design.live MCP for the project brief, constraints, and desired OpenAI qualities. It returns ranked evidence and an agent-ready implementation plan; do not copy a source screen wholesale.

— design.live/brands/openai