# addOpenAI

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.OpenAI](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.openai.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an OpenAI parent resource that can host multiple models.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addOpenAI(name: string): OpenAIResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[OpenAIResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.openai/openairesource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.openai/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)