The big news this morning: Astral to join OpenAI (on the Astral blog) and OpenAI to acquire Astral (the OpenAI announcement). Astral are the company behind uv, ruff, and ty—three …
How will OpenAI compete? — Benedict Evans
OpenAI has some big questions. It doesn’t have unique tech. It has a big user base, but with limited engagement and stickiness and no network effect. The incumbents have matched the tech and are leveraging their product and distribution. And a lot of the value and leverage will come from new experie
Reflections on OpenAI
I left OpenAI three weeks ago. I had joined the company back in May 2024.
Exclusive | OpenAI Buys Tech-Industry Talk Show TBPN
The maker of ChatGPT said it has acquired TBPN, an online talk show that aims to compete with Bloomberg and CNBC in by-the-minute analysis of technology news and executive interviews.
OpenAI on Twitter / X
Our open models are here.Both of them.https://t.co/9tFxefOXcg— OpenAI (@OpenAI) August 5, 2025
OpenAI buys local-first, plus Claude and MedGemma health updates
trust is hard to win, easy to lose, and really expensive to acquire.
OpenAI Developers on Twitter / X
Today we’re announcing Open Responses: an open-source spec for building multi-provider, interoperable LLM interfaces built on top of the original OpenAI Responses API.✅ Multi-provider by default✅ Useful for real-world workflows✅ Extensible without fragmentationBuild… pic.twitter.com/SJiBFx1BOF— OpenAI Developers (@OpenAIDevs) January 15, 2026
The Windsurf situation is pretty wild (RIP $3 billion?)
OpenAI creates new unit with $4 billion investment to aid corporate AI push
OpenAI said on Monday it is setting up a new company with more than $4 billion in initial investment to help organizations build and deploy artificial intelligence systems, and will acquire an AI consulting firm, Tomoro, to quickly scale up the unit. After its early models saw strong resonance with consumers, OpenAI has been working aggressively to sign corporate contracts and establish a large presence in the business world where its AI will see large-scale deployment. The new firm, called OpenAI Deployment Company, will help the ChatGPT maker embed engineers specializing in frontier AI deployment into organizations that will then work closely with various teams to identify where AI can make the biggest impact, OpenAI said.
OpenAI gpt-oss· Ollama Blog
Ollama partners with OpenAI to bring gpt-oss to Ollama and its community.
Ona is joining OpenAI
Ona has entered into an agreement to join OpenAI as part of the Codex team. Our life's work just got bigger and more important.
OpenAI to acquire Astral
Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools
OpenAI for Startups
You’ve got the vision. OpenAI gives you the tools, resources, and community to bring your big idea to life.
It’s not just the vibes that are off inside OpenAI.
It’s the numbers, too, according to a new Wall Street Journal report, which echoes The Information’s claim earlier this month that CFO Sarah Friar has expressed concern about its IPO plans and CEO Sam Altman’s datacenter spending. It also says the company “missed an internal goal of reaching one billion weekly active users for ChatGPT by the end of last year,” and other revenue targets. [Link: The vibes are off at OpenAI | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/908513/the-vibes-are-off-at-openai | The Verge]
OpenAI Has New Focus (on the IPO)
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that leadership wants OpenAI, the company, to focus. Seems like a plain old business strategy story. Nope! First, in more prosaic terms, the all-hands and …
AMD and OpenAI Announce Strategic Partnership to Deploy 6 Gigawatts of AMD GPUs
News Highlights OpenAI to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs based on a multi-year, multi-generation agreement Initial 1 gigawatt OpenAI deployment of…...
