Tagged: openai

April 3, 2026 @ 12:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has closed a new funding round, securing $122 billion in committed capital and achieving a post-money valuation of $852 billion. This substantial investment, backed by prominent partners including Amazon, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and Microsoft, along with numerous global institutions and venture firms, underscores the company’s… Read More

March 19, 2026 @ 11:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brex, the AI-powered intelligent finance platform, has announced its expanding role in supporting OpenAI’s worldwide expenditures and overall financial management. This partnership places Brex at the core of the artificial intelligence ecosystem and reinforces its status as a vital financial foundation for the industry’s most… Read More

March 16, 2026 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenAI Instant Checkout was announced in late 2025, but this month the company shared it was scaling back the project while focusing on merchant sites or integrated services. In September of 2025, OpenAI said it was “taking the first steps toward ChatGPT helping people buy,”… Read More

March 15, 2026 @ 4:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a key move for personal finance in the United Kingdom, Experian has teamed up with OpenAI to introduce the nation’s inaugural credit score application embedded directly within ChatGPT. Announced on March 13, 2026, this feature allows users to quickly gauge how credit scores stack… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 1:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a move that aims to reshape how financial professionals interact with market information, OpenAI has embedded Alpaca Markets’ data capabilities into ChatGPT. Announced recently this month, the integration allows users to retrieve real-time and historical market insights using everyday language, eliminating the traditional friction… Read More

March 9, 2026 @ 8:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a significant development impacting the artificial intelligence sector, Caitlin Kalinowski, who oversaw hardware initiatives at OpenAI, has stepped down. Her departure stems from deep unease about what she views as a hastily arranged collaboration between top AI executives and the Pentagon on integrating advanced… Read More

March 1, 2026 @ 2:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI has secured $110 billion in fresh capital, marking one of the most substantial private investments ever recorded. This infusion, announced recently, elevates the company’s valuation to approximately $730 billion before the investment, potentially reaching $840 billion afterward. Key contributors include Amazon with a $50… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

A major controversy has surfaced at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency privacy. Persona, the firm responsible for conducting identity verification for OpenAI’s premium ChatGPT features, stands accused of forwarding sensitive user information—including linked cryptocurrency wallet addresses—directly to US federal agencies. Security researchers operating… Read More

February 22, 2026 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a maneuver that underscores the deepening interdependence of AI hardware developers and frontier model developers, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is nearing the completion of a $30 billion equity investment in OpenAI. According to Reuters reporting on February 20, 2026, this commitment represents a pivotal element in… Read More

January 19, 2026 @ 2:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a dramatic turn in the ongoing legal feud between tech billionaire Elon Musk and artificial intelligence focused OpenAI, prediction markets are signaling increased confidence in Musk’s potential victory. According to data from Kalshi, a platform allowing users to wager on real-world events, the probability… Read More

January 12, 2026 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI and SoftBank have joined forces to invest $1 billion in SB Energy, a key player in infrastructure development. This funding is earmarked for scaling up SB Energy’s data center capabilities, addressing the surging demands of AI technologies. As part of the agreement, SB Energy… Read More

January 4, 2026 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the evolving ecosystem of artificial intelligence, much attention has focused on rival chatbots like Alphabet (Google) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Gemini now effectively competing with OpenAI‘s ChatGPT. However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has seemingly shifted his focus to a potentially more long-term opponent: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Altman appears… Read More

January 1, 2026 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent escalation of the ongoing AI talent wars, OpenAI is poised to offer an unprecedented average of $1.5 million in stock-based compensation per employee in 2025, significantly surpassing established historical norms across the tech sector. This figure, derived from financial projections that were… Read More

December 3, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and OpenAI announced a collaboration to help enterprise clients unlock new levels of innovation and growth by bringing agentic AI systems into the core of business. As part of the deal, Accenture will equip professionals with ChatGPT Enterprise, leveraging it in its… Read More

November 26, 2025 @ 3:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, a digital payments company, announced its support for the Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP), which is described as an open standard for AI commerce that lets AI agents, businesses work to complete purchases, powering agentic commerce for enterprise merchants. Checkout.com will support ACP, allowing merchants… Read More

November 7, 2025 @ 5:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

OpenAI and Amazon’s $38 billion deal had Web3 tongues wagging, but other topics also caught their attention. Read on to find out which ones. Bitcoin good “October is over, and what a disappointment it was for crypto investors expecting the customary rally. Bitcoin closed October… Read More

October 29, 2025 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

OpenAI announced ChatGPT Go in Brazil, a subscription plan intended to give consumers improved access to ChatGPT’s more advanced capabilities with a better package when compared to ChatGPT Plus. The version is said to be a lower-cost alternative between the standard and Plus versions and… Read More

September 30, 2025 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe has announced that it is helping OpenAI launch a commerce experience called Instant Checkout in ChatGPT. ChatGPT users in the US can buy goods from US-based Etsy businesses—and, coming soon, “over a million Shopify merchants, like Glossier, Vuori, Spanx, and SKIMS—directly in the chat.”… Read More

September 22, 2025 @ 12:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shares of NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) have been down in the dumps in recent days due to challenges in China and questions regarding what exactly NVIDIA will be allowed to ship to the country, if at all. Today, things are looking up due to an announcement that NVIDIA and… Read More

September 12, 2025 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenAI, a leading artificial intelligence platform and operator of ChatGPT, will enable insiders to sell approximately $10 billion in shares at a valuation of around $500 billion. OpenAI was previously priced at a valuation of $300 billion earlier this year. The company has been growing dramatically and is… Read More