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Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe
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Sam Altman’s space data center trash talk is what most experts already believe

"homeboy you're the one sellling [sic] public market investors on short-term space datacenters."

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Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets
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Apple sues OpenAI for allegedly stealing hardware secrets

Apple has sued OpenAI alleging that former Apple engineers stole trade secrets to advance OpenAI's hardware plans. The...

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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role
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Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role

Fidji Simo, OpenAI's No. 2 executive, is stepping down from her full-time role after an extended medical leave. The...

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OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
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OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed donating 5% of the company's equity to a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, reviving...

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Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI
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Apple Vision Pro exec is reportedly leaving for OpenAI

Paul Meade, Apple's vice president overseeing the Vision Pro headset, is reportedly leaving Apple to join OpenAI's...

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OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US
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OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US

OpenAI has hired the former Uber India chief as part of its expansion strategy in India, its largest market outside the...

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Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)
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Why everyone from OpenAI to SpaceX is building their own chips (and turning up the heat on Nvidia)

OpenAI and other major tech companies including Google, Apple, and SpaceX are developing custom AI chips to reduce...

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Altman won't go public for less than $1 trillion, so OpenAI's IPO may slip to 2027
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Altman won't go public for less than $1 trillion, so OpenAI's IPO may slip to 2027

OpenAI's IPO may be delayed to 2027 as Sam Altman reportedly won't go public unless the company reaches a $1 trillion...

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The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip
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The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip

OpenAI has developed the custom Jalapeño chip in collaboration with Broadcom to reduce infrastructure costs and capital...

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Getty Images Enters Into Content Deal With OpenAI
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Getty Images Enters Into Content Deal With OpenAI

Getty Images has entered into a content deal with OpenAI, marking a significant partnership in the generative AI space....

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OpenAI tripled revenue to $5.7 billion in Q1 but burned through $3.7 billion to get there
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OpenAI tripled revenue to $5.7 billion in Q1 but burned through $3.7 billion to get there

OpenAI tripled both revenue to $5.7 billion and operating losses to $3.7 billion in Q1 2026, with stock-based...

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Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months
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Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months

Barret Zoph has departed OpenAI after just five months as head of enterprise AI sales, having recently returned from a...

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OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO 
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OpenAI is bringing on some big guns in the lead-up to its IPO 

OpenAI is preparing for its IPO by recruiting high-profile talent, including Noam Shazeer, a Transformer co-inventor...

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Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer joins OpenAI after two-year return stint
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Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer joins OpenAI after two-year return stint

Noam Shazeer, co-author of the foundational 'Attention Is All You Need' paper and former co-lead of Google's Gemini...

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OpenAI burned through $34 billion last year
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OpenAI burned through $34 billion last year

OpenAI spent $34 billion in the past year, a significant increase from the previous year. The substantial spending...

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Introducing the OpenAI Partner Network

OpenAI has launched the Partner Network with a $150M investment to help global partners accelerate enterprise AI...

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OpenAI Acquires Startup to Boost Codex
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OpenAI Acquires Startup to Boost Codex

OpenAI has acquired a startup to enhance its Codex capabilities as part of its strategy to compete with Anthropic's...

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OpenAI buys Ona to push Codex toward long-running, autonomous coding tasks
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OpenAI buys Ona to push Codex toward long-running, autonomous coding tasks

OpenAI acquires Ona (formerly Gitpod), a German startup specializing in AI agents and cloud development environments,...

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OpenAI acquires AI agent orchestration startup Ona
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OpenAI acquires AI agent orchestration startup Ona

OpenAI has acquired Ona, a startup that provides a platform for managing and orchestrating long-running AI agents. The...

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OpenAI to acquire Ona

OpenAI is acquiring Ona to enhance its Codex platform with secure, persistent cloud environments. This expansion will...

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