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OpenAI Blog · Jan 22, 2026

Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users

Reviewed by Errol Vogt, Site support technician & online learning analyst · original summary · editorial policy

Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users. An inside look at how OpenAI scaled PostgreSQL to millions of queries per second using replicas, caching, rate limiting, and workload isolation. This update is relevant for small-office operators tracking changes in their tools.

Operator takeaway: For operators: review whether 'Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800 million ChatGPT users' affects your current setup before relying on it in production.

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ChatGPT by OpenAI

ChatGPT is a general-purpose AI assistant for drafting emails, summarizing documents, and answering questions. Small offices use it for first-draft patient communications and routine writing, with human review before sending.

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