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.
From Techmeme: Sources: Unity has held talks to be acquired by a consortium including Silver Lake, which owns 8% of Unity, and Saudi Arabia's PIF, discussing a ~$25B valuation — Gaming software provider Unity Software (U.N) has held talks to be acquired by a consortium of investors including private …
Odessia was founded by Sonder's Francis Davidson; OpenAI has not said what it plans for travel.
Oura buys Counsel Health for $625M weeks after postponing its own IPO; Oura added Counsel's AI chatbot to its app earlier this year.
Uber launches Uber Parking, an in-app parking reservation tool powered by its SpotHero acquisition, in 15 US cities, including Chicago, NYC, and San Francisco — Powered by its SpotHero acquisition, Uber's new parking reservation tool is a play for commuter loyalty — and a staging ground for its…
GeekWire's podcast covers Shield AI's $5.3B deal for drone-tracking radar maker Echodyne, voters backing data center limits in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, and a Seattle startup acquired twice.
Crusoe's own update on handing its Wyoming data center campus to Google; TechCrunch says the deal shows how hard massive AI data centers are to develop.
Clutch, backed by Lightspeed and SignalFire, was last valued at $85 million, according to a source.