OpenAI bought chat.com, which redirects to ChatGPT, in March 2023; HubSpot co-founder Dharmesh Shah reportedly bought the 1996 domain for $15.5M in January 2023
Is this the end of ‘GPT’ era as we know it? Sagar Naresh Bhavsar / Neowin : OpenAI might have spent over $15 million plus some shares to acquire ‘Chat.com’ Rowan Cheung / The Rundown AI : OpenAI acqui...
OpenAI buys Rockset, an enterprise search and analytics startup that raised $105M, integrating both the tech and staff of an acquisition for the first time
OpenAI acquires Rockset To Power the AI-Driven Future OpenAI : OpenAI acquires Rockset Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : OpenAI Acquires Rockset to Boost Data Analytics Reuters : OpenAI buys database...
OpenAI and Reddit partner to bring Reddit content to OpenAI tools including ChatGPT via Reddit's Data API and to add AI features to Reddit
what this means for ChatGPT Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Reddit Partners with OpenAI to Integrate Content into ChatGPT Financial Times : Reddit shares surge as it strikes content deal with OpenA...
Microsoft invests $1.5B in Abu Dhabi-based AI startup G42 for a minority stake, after G42 severed ties with Chinese suppliers; Brad Smith will join G42's board
The Emirati AI Giant That Just Got A $1.5 Billion Investment From Microsoft Chris McKay / Maginative : Microsoft Invests $1.5 Billion in UAE's G42 Matthias Bastian / The Decoder : Microsoft invests $1...
Google strikes a deal with Reddit, reportedly for $60M/year, gaining Reddit Data API access to surface more Reddit content in Search and to train its AI models
what you need to know Eileen AJ Connelly / The Wrap : Reddit Inks $60 Million-a-Year Deal To Train Google AI Ahead of Expected IPO | Report Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : No Joke: Google ...
Chinese startup 01.AI, launched in March 2023 by computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, reaches a $1B+ valuation and releases its AI model Yi-34B in Chinese and English
Train — Use in Transformers … The first public release contains two bilingual … Pandaily : Kai-Fu Lee's 01.AI Releases A Large-scale Model Yi-34B Worth Over $1 Billion Matthias Bastian / The Decoder...