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.
Context: Businesses in ChatGPT (beta) lets businesses claim verified profiles and see how often ChatGPT mentions them; US e-commerce and online-service firms can launch their own agents.
From TechCrunch: OpenAI is looking to make ChatGPT a more robust consumer discovery engine, and a host of new features seek to empower businesses to help it do that.
Odessia was founded by Sonder's Francis Davidson; OpenAI has not said what it plans for travel.
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