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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Software Under Siege: Enterprise AI Report Card

By The Information Staff · Apr 1, 2026 12:59pm PDT

Artificial intelligence has loomed large over the software sector, with fears of AI disruption battering the stocks of legacy enterprise software giants. Beyond the investor panic and Silicon Valley hype, what is actually happening inside big companies that spend money on software? An analysis by The Information’s Deep Research suggests an early... Artificial intelligence has loomed large over the software sector, with fears of AI disruption...

OpenRouter CEO Alex Atallah

Startup That Helps Developers Pick AI Models Nears $1.3 Billion Valuation

By Julia Hornstein, Stephanie Palazzolo and Kevin McLaughlin · Apr 1, 2026 8:24am PDT

As more AI apps and agents shift to using multiple AI models, startups that help developers choose the right ones are gaining traction. In the latest example, OpenRouter, which helps AI app developers access hundreds of models from a single application programming interface, is in talks to raise $120 million in new funding led by one of Alphabet... As more AI apps and agents shift to using multiple AI models, startups that help developers...

Art by Mike Sullivan

Claude Code Leak Reveals Always-On ‘Kairos’ Agent

By Rocket Drew, Stephanie Palazzolo and Aaron Holmes · Apr 1, 2026 7:00am PDT

Anthropic’s cybersecurity employees have probably spent the past week scolding their colleagues. After accidentally publishing a blog post last week containing details of its next flagship AI model, Claude Mythos, the company on Tuesday said it had accidentally leaked some of the source code powering its popular Claude Code coding agent.In... Anthropic’s cybersecurity employees have probably spent the past week scolding their colleagues....

Art by Mike Sullivan.

Amazon’s AI Chat Ads Yield Data but Few Sales

By Catherine Perloff · Apr 1, 2026 6:02am PDT

Art by Mike Sullivan.

Amazon’s AI Chat Ads Yield Data but Few Sales

By Catherine Perloff · Apr 1, 2026 6:02am PDT

The early batch of ads running on OpenAI’s ChatGPT has drawn a lot of attention in recent weeks. But marketers have also been trying out another new form of conversational ads offered by an existing advertising heavyweight: Amazon. Even there, marketers are only starting to get a read on how much traction these ads are getting. For Paladone, an... The early batch of ads running on OpenAI’s ChatGPT has drawn a lot of attention in recent weeks....

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

OpenAI’s Fundraising; The (Dismal) IPO Class of 2021

By Martin Peers · Mar 31, 2026 5:00pm PDT

Happy days are here again! Stocks have rallied, thanks to upbeat headlines concerning the Iran war. Don’t get too comfortable—things are likely to change quickly. In fact, the Iranians are threatening to attack U.S. tech facilities in the Middle East. Meanwhile, we got news today on a variety of fronts concerning Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic... Happy days are here again! Stocks have rallied, thanks to upbeat headlines concerning the Iran...

LTX CEO Zeev Farbman. Photo courtesy of LTX.

How This Startup Helps Users Generate Videos Without Breaking The Bank

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 31, 2026 7:00am PDT

Despite OpenAI’s decision to shutter Sora, other AI video developers aren’t giving up. Instead, they’re finding interesting new ways to make money from their video-generating models.Take LTX—a spinoff from Lightricks, the company behind the popular image editing app Facetune—which in January launched open-source AI software for video generation... Despite OpenAI’s decision to shutter Sora, other AI video developers aren’t giving up. Instead,...

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SpaceX Makes a $75 Billion Offer Investors Can’t Refuse

By Cory Weinberg · Mar 31, 2026 6:00am PDT · 4 comments

Whether professional investors think SpaceX is the stock of a lifetime or a grossly overvalued Elon Musk conglomerate, they will be under intense pressure to buy into its initial public offering at a $1 trillion–plus valuation. The most important question for many of them will be: Can I really afford to sit this out? Heightening Wall... Whether professional investors think SpaceX is the stock of a lifetime or a grossly overvalued...

Traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor. Michael Nagle/Getty Images.

Nvidia Stock is Cheap—What That Signals

By Martin Peers · Mar 30, 2026 5:00pm PDT · 3 comments

Traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor. Michael Nagle/Getty Images.

Nvidia Stock is Cheap—What That Signals

By Martin Peers · Mar 30, 2026 5:00pm PDT · 3 comments

Here’s a startling statistic: The last time Amazon shares traded as cheaply as they are now, as a multiple of earnings, was during the 2008 financial crisis, according to Koyfin data. Indeed, Amazon’s stock is so cheap that it’s trading at a discount to Walmart for the first time ever. Considering that Amazon’s revenue is growing at roughly... Here’s a startling statistic: The last time Amazon shares traded as cheaply as they are now, as a...

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Apple Kicks Vibe Coding App Out of App Store, Escalating Crackdown

By Aaron Tilley · Mar 30, 2026 11:51am PDT

Apple appears to have escalated its crackdown on vibe coding by recently booting one such app out of its App Store for violating its rules. Last Thursday, Apple removed the app, Anything, from the App Store, according to Dhruv Amin, co-founder and CEO of the eponymous startup that makes the app. Apple’s action came a week after The... Apple appears to have escalated its crackdown on vibe coding by recently booting one such app out...

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic. Photo by Chance Yeh/Getty Images

Anthropic’s Success Sparks Server Crunch

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Mar 30, 2026 7:00am PDT · 2 comments

Anthropic has gained more than a few new fans in recent months (unless you’re Under Secretary of Defense Emil Michael). Thanks to the strength of its automated coding tools, Anthropic more than doubled its annualized sales to $19 billion during the first two months this year. And it’s closing the revenue gap with larger rival OpenAI.But as the... Anthropic has gained more than a few new fans in recent months (unless you’re Under Secretary of...

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SpaceX’s IPO Challenge

By Martin Peers · Mar 29, 2026 3:00pm PDT

Break out the oxygen masks. The number of breathless headlines is about to soar. SpaceX is expected to file its initial IPO paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission any day now. It will be the confidential version, so we won’t get to see it. But what is usually a procedural nonevent for the public has turned into a carnival thanks... Break out the oxygen masks. The number of breathless headlines is about to soar. SpaceX is...

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Midjourney Is Profitable and Chasing Hardware Dreams. But Can It Survive Google?

By Jemima McEvoy · Mar 27, 2026 9:09am PDT · 3 comments

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Midjourney Is Profitable and Chasing Hardware Dreams. But Can It Survive Google?

By Jemima McEvoy · Mar 27, 2026 9:09am PDT · 3 comments

Over much of the past year, David Holz, the 37-year-old founder of Midjourney, has devoted himself to a single task: reassuring fans of his AI image-making tool that a new, significant update—version 8—would indeed arrive soon. Initially, Holz said it might come at the end of 2025. That date slipped to January. Then February. Then... Over much of the past year, David Holz, the 37-year-old founder of Midjourney, has devoted...

Tencent Bets on OpenClaw to Make Up for Lost Ground in China AI Battle

By Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Mar 27, 2026 6:00am PDT · 1 comment

Shortly after OpenClaw shot to popularity in January, a newly hired product manager at Tencent in China became obsessed with the open-source software for building AI agents. That manager, Shuyu Zhang, quickly came up with the idea for QClaw, an OpenClaw-based agent that can be installed with one click and controlled with Tencent’s WeChat app,... Shortly after OpenClaw shot to popularity in January, a newly hired product manager at Tencent in...