OpenAI scales Habitat storage platform to 22M requests per second
September 11, 2026
OpenAI transitioned Habitat from a Python library into a distributed storage platform to support 1 billion ChatGPT users. The system now handles 22 million requests per second for large-scale data retrieval.
HOW THIS AFFECTS YOU
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builderYou can study this architecture for scaling high-throughput state management in distributed systems.
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founderThis demonstrates the massive infrastructure requirements for reaching billion-user scale.