OpenAI
OpenAI launches first custom AI chip with Broadcom
OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, a custom artificial intelligence (AI) chip designed to improve the speed and efficiency of large language model (LLM) inference.
25 June 2026
OpenAI hires AI veteran Shazeer and former AI policy official Ball
OpenAI has recruited two high-profile figures as it prepares for a public listing: Noam Shazeer, a foundational mind behind modern generative AI, and Dean Ball, a former White House artificial intelligence policy official.
21 June 2026
Amazon MGM drops the film about Sam Altman
Amazon MGM has stepped away from distributing a forthcoming film about OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
20 June 2026
OpenAI launches partner network with $150 mln investment
OpenAI has unveiled a new partner network designed to help businesses move from experimenting with artificial intelligence to embedding it across their operations, backed by an initial $150 million investment.
15 June 2026
OpenAI files for IPO, targets up to $1 trillion valuation: report
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has confidentially filed for an initial public offering in the United States, according to a recent report by Reuters.
9 June 2026
ChatGPT’s Lockdown Mode limits web access to counter prompt injection attacks
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has recently introduced a new security feature, Lockdown Mode, designed to reduce the risk of sensitive data being exposed through prompt injection attacks, where malicious instructions are embedded in webpages or other external content that a chatbot may process.
7 June 2026
ChatGPT reaches 1 billion monthly active users, data shows
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has reached one billion global monthly active users, making it the fastest app to cross that threshold, according to estimates from market intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
3 June 2026
Altman is secretly backing a physical AI startup: report
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has placed a quiet, personal bet on a new physical AI company, adding fresh momentum to a sector that is rapidly becoming the next frontier for venture capital.
2 June 2026
Anthropic reaches $965 bln valuation, surpasses OpenAI
Anthropic has raised $65 billion in a recent Series H funding round, valuing the artificial intelligence company at $965 billion post-money.
1 June 2026
Altman offers $2 million in AI credits to Y Combinator startups for equity
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has pledged two million dollars worth of application programming interface (API) tokens to every startup in the current Y Combinator batch in exchange for a future equity stake
24 May 2026
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 in move towards AI superapp
OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, its newest artificial intelligence model, describing it as the company's most capable and intuitive model to date.
24 April 2026
OpenAI acquires personal finance startup Hiro
OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, the company's founder, Ethan Bloch, recently announced. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
16 April 2026
OpenAI releases GPT‑5.4‑Cyber, cybersecurity-focused model
OpenAI has introduced GPT‑5.4‑Cyber, a variant of its frontier AI model that has been specifically fine-tuned to be more permissive for cybersecurity tasks.
15 April 2026
SoftBank obtains $40 billion loan for OpenAI investment
Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group has obtained a $40 billion bridge loan to support its investments in OpenAI, and for general corporate purposes, the Japanese investment conglomerate said last week.
29 March 2026
OpenAI shuts down AI video app Sora
OpenAI has confirmed it is discontinuing its Sora video platform, the tool that allowed users to generate and share AI-created video clips.
25 March 2026
Encyclopedia Britannica sues OpenAI, alleges copyright infringement
Encyclopedia Britannica and its Merriam-Webster subsidiary have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in Manhattan federal court, accusing the company of misusing their reference materials to train its AI models.
17 March 2026
OpenAI robotics head resigns over Pentagon deal
A top hardware executive at OpenAI has resigned over the company's recent agreement with the US Department of Defense, citing concerns that the deal was announced without proper safeguards in place.
8 March 2026
Users are mass-uninstalling ChatGPT after Pentagon deal, data shows
Users are uninstalling ChatGPT in large numbers, with removals surging 295% following OpenAI's agreement to put its technology on the US Department of War's classified network.
4 March 2026
Nvidia nears $30 billion investment in OpenAI: report
Nvidia is close to finalising a $30 billion investment in OpenAI as part of a fundraising round seeking more than $100 billion, according to a recent report by Reuters, which cites a person familiar with the matter.
22 February 2026
OpenClaw founder joins OpenAI
Peter Steinberger, the founder of the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI, while the project itself will transition into an independent foundation, the companies announced on Sunday.
16 February 2026