Scale like OpenAI: The IAM & database playbook for unprecedented growth
The Architectural Blueprint: How Ory Hydra and CockroachDB Enabled OpenAI's Identity and Database System to Handle Internet-Scale Explosive Growth
Every fast-growing company hits the same wall: their authentication system breaks under scale. When ChatGPT reached 800+ million weekly users, they discovered what many enterprises learn the hard way - traditional identity solutions weren't built for explosive growth. This webinar reveals the architectural decisions that helped OpenAI scale seamlessly, using modern, flexible tools that eliminate vendor lock-in while maintaining security and performance. In this webinar, you’ll learn: -How OpenAI's proven architectural blueprint for overcoming these critical limitations. -How the powerful combination of Ory Hydra and CockroachDB's distributed SQL database to achieve unprecedented logins manage exponential growth pressures. -How Ory's modular IAM ecosystem, particularly Ory Hydra, provides flexible identity management and OAuth2/OIDC flows for web-scale applications. CockroachDB's role in providing globally distributed, always-consistent data with automated failover across regions. Multi-region deployment strategies that ensure zero-downtime authentication even during regional outages.