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DALL-E AND GPT IMAGE 1( OPENAI)
TOP 10 – IMAGE GENERATORS

DALL-E AND GPT IMAGE 1( OPENAI)

REVENUE: US $ 12BN EMPLOYEES: 2659 CEO: SAM ALTMAN FOUNDED: 2015
OpenAI replaced DALL-E 3 with GPT Image 1 in March 2025, marking an architectural shift toward native multimodal image generation baked directly into its core LLM.
The system excels at prompt adherence, text rendering and image editing from reference inputs, but its real success comes from accessibility rather than technical supremacy.
Integrated through ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, GPT Image 1 simplifies visual creation for marketers and general users who need results without learning specialised tools or wrestling with complex parameters.

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