OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization founded in 2015. It created AI chatbot ChatGPT. Competitors include other AI research organizations such as DeepMind and Google Brain. OpenAI was founded by Sam Altman, former president of startup accelerator Y Combinator, Greg Brockman, former chief technology officer and third employee of Stripe, and Ilya Sutskever, a former Google expert on machine learning. Microsoft has invested more than $11 billion in the company and is a nonvoting board observer. Current board members are Chair Bret Taylor, a former Salesforce co-CEO, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo.

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AI Infrastructure

Nvidia’s Share of AI Inference Chip Market Appears to Be Rising

By Phoebe Liu · Jun 15, 2026 8:31am PDT
As AI developers and cloud providers have launched server chips to lessen their dependence on Nvidia’s, some analysts and executives at these firms expected the chips to eat into Nvidia’s market share.That doesn’t seem to be happening.Nvidia has actually increased its share of the market for chips that power existing AI models, known as... As AI developers and cloud providers have launched server chips to lessen their dependence on...
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AI Agenda

AI’s Cost Problem Becomes Front and Center, At Least in Asia

By Qianer Liu · Jun 15, 2026 7:01am PDT
Anthropic can’t catch a break! Leaders of the AI firm are meeting with Trump administration officials in D.C. this week to try to resolve a dispute that blew up on Friday night. The administration said that it would need to cut off access to its most advanced Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 models to foreign nationals, which led to the... Anthropic can’t catch a break! Leaders of the AI firm are meeting with Trump administration...
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The Briefing

Anthropic’s Contradiction; The Risks of Buying SpaceX Stock Now

By Martin Peers · Jun 14, 2026 3:01pm PDT
What a weekend! Set time aside this coming Thursday for the New York City ticker tape parade celebrating the victorious Knicks. The joy flowing from that game Saturday night tops even the  plaudits flowing from SpaceX’s successful IPO (read down for more on that subject.) Still, SpaceX was quickly supplanted in the business limelight ... What a weekend! Set time aside this coming Thursday for the New York City ticker tape parade ...
Sunday Insights

OpenAI, Anthropic Employees Have Already Cashed Out About $14 Billion

By Julia Hornstein · Jun 14, 2026 8:00am PDT · 2 comments
Anthropic and OpenAI have some pressing reasons to go public. But they have already relieved some of the pressure that typically pushes companies toward initial public offerings: employees anxious to cash out their equity. The two AI model companies have allowed early employees and investors to sell a combined $14 billion in shares over the last... Anthropic and OpenAI have some pressing reasons to go public. But they have already relieved some...