Acquisition
OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder (opens techcrunch.com)
Odessia was founded by Sonder's Francis Davidson; OpenAI has not said what it plans for travel.
DiscussionOpinion
Ask HN: If the models are so good, why doesn't OpenAI just start 100 companies?
From Hacker News: Title is a bit of an exaggeration but the question is more: if the frontier models are so good, why even sell them as your primary money maker? Couldn't OpenAI or Anthropic make a lot more money by just starting companies themselves that leverage the models and building their own products?
- Source
- Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com)
- Published
- First seen here
- Edition
- Friday, October 23, 2026, ranked 12
- Status
- Commentary or analysis: someone’s view, not a reported fact.
- Topics
- AI, Openai
