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OpenAI's DeployCo subsidiary adopts Palantir's playbook, building a moat from workflows no lab can simulate
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OpenAI's DeployCo subsidiary adopts Palantir's playbook, building a moat from workflows no lab can simulate

OpenAI has established DeployCo, a majority-controlled subsidiary focused on consulting and implementation services to...

The Decoder
OpenAI's internal share sale minted roughly 75 multimillionaires who each cashed out the $30 million cap
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OpenAI's internal share sale minted roughly 75 multimillionaires who each cashed out the $30 million cap

OpenAI conducted a $6.6 billion internal share sale in October 2025 involving over 600 current and former employees,...

The Decoder
OpenAI launches DeployCo to help businesses build around intelligence
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OpenAI launches DeployCo to help businesses build around intelligence

OpenAI has launched DeployCo, a new enterprise deployment company designed to help organizations implement frontier AI...

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Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
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Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure

Court documents from the Musk v. Altman trial reveal Microsoft's early concerns about OpenAI potentially defecting to...

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Musk v. Altman Evidence Shows What Microsoft Executives Thought of OpenAI
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Musk v. Altman Evidence Shows What Microsoft Executives Thought of OpenAI

Emails from a legal dispute between Musk and Altman reveal that Microsoft executives were skeptical of OpenAI's...

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Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla
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Elon Musk’s Last-Ditch Effort to Control OpenAI: Recruit Sam Altman to Tesla

Messages from 2017 reveal Tesla executives, including Shivon Zilis, discussed plans to create a rival AI lab that could...

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How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman
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How Elon Musk left OpenAI, according to Greg Brockman

The article discusses the public revelation of negotiations between Elon Musk and OpenAI founders regarding Musk's...

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Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’
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Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’

OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman revealed in federal court that he holds a significant individual stake...

Wired AI
Elon Musk calls himself a fool for giving OpenAI $38 million that became an $800 billion company
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Elon Musk calls himself a fool for giving OpenAI $38 million that became an $800 billion company

Elon Musk testified in court that he regrets his $38 million investment in OpenAI, which is now valued at $800 billion....

The Decoder
Building the compute infrastructure for the Intelligence Age
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Building the compute infrastructure for the Intelligence Age

OpenAI is scaling its Stargate project to build compute infrastructure for artificial general intelligence (AGI)...

OpenAI Blog
ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO
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ChatGPT downloads are slowing — and may cause problems for OpenAI’s IPO

ChatGPT's growth is slowing significantly, with uninstall rates surging 413% year-over-year in May following OpenAI's...

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OpenAI misses revenue targets as Anthropic and Google close in
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OpenAI misses revenue targets as Anthropic and Google close in

OpenAI missed its internal revenue targets for Q1 2026 while facing increasing competition from Anthropic and Google....

The Decoder
The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership
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The next phase of the Microsoft OpenAI partnership

OpenAI and Microsoft have announced an amended partnership agreement that clarifies their long-term relationship and...

OpenAI Blog
Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist
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Sam Altman’s Orb Company Promoted a Bruno Mars Partnership That Doesn't Exist

Sam Altman's Orb company falsely promoted a partnership with Bruno Mars that the artist's representatives confirm never...

Wired AI
OpenAI’s existential questions
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OpenAI’s existential questions

OpenAI's latest acquisitions are discussed in relation to addressing two major existential challenges facing the...

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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’
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Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles exit OpenAI as company continues to shed ‘side quests’

Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles are departing OpenAI as the company discontinues its Sora project and dissolves its science...

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OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company
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OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company

Kevin Weil, former Instagram VP, is departing OpenAI. The company is consolidating the AI science application he led...

Wired AI
Some OpenAI shareholders reportedly question whether Altman can steer the company to a public offering
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Some OpenAI shareholders reportedly question whether Altman can steer the company to a public offering

OpenAI shareholders are reportedly expressing doubts about CEO Sam Altman's ability to lead the company to a successful...

The Decoder
Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI’s shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap 
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Tokenmaxxing, OpenAI’s shopping spree, and the AI Anxiety Gap 

OpenAI is aggressively acquiring companies across finance and media sectors, while Anthropic has unveiled a powerful...

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