OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization founded in 2015. It created AI chatbot ChatGPT. Competitors include other AI research organizations such as DeepMind and Google Brain. OpenAI was founded by Sam Altman, former president of startup accelerator Y Combinator, Greg Brockman, former chief technology officer and third employee of Stripe, and Ilya Sutskever, a former Google expert on machine learning. Microsoft has invested more than $11 billion in the company and is a nonvoting board observer. Current board members are Chair Bret Taylor, a former Salesforce co-CEO, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo.

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AI Agenda

Is Anthropic Losing Goodwill With AI Researchers?; AGI House Alums Raise $25 Million For New Fund

By Stephanie Palazzolo · Jun 16, 2026 7:01am PDT
Remember the last time Anthropic tussled with the Trump administration, all the way back in February, when a coterie of competing AI researchers and CEOs (even Sam Altman!) quickly came to Anthropic’s defense?That doesn’t seem to be happening this time. In the wake of Trump officials’ Friday night move to effectively ban Anthropic’s most... Remember the last time Anthropic tussled with the Trump administration, all the way back in...
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Exclusive

DeepSeek Closes Record $7 Billion-Plus Funding with Unusual Deal Structure

By Jing Yang, Qianer Liu and Juro Osawa · Jun 15, 2026 9:55pm PDT · 2 comments
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) under an unusual deal structure, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The funding round, which values the large-language model developer at more than $50 billion, requires investors to put their capital... Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has closed its first funding round that raised more than 50 billion yuan...
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AI Infrastructure

Nvidia’s Share of AI Inference Chip Market Appears to Be Rising

By Phoebe Liu · Jun 15, 2026 8:31am PDT
As AI developers and cloud providers have launched server chips to lessen their dependence on Nvidia’s, some analysts and executives at these firms expected the chips to eat into Nvidia’s market share.That doesn’t seem to be happening.Nvidia has actually increased its share of the market for chips that power existing AI models, known as... As AI developers and cloud providers have launched server chips to lessen their dependence on...
Sunday Insights

OpenAI, Anthropic Employees Have Already Cashed Out About $14 Billion

By Julia Hornstein · Jun 14, 2026 8:00am PDT · 2 comments
Anthropic and OpenAI have some pressing reasons to go public. But they have already relieved some of the pressure that typically pushes companies toward initial public offerings: employees anxious to cash out their equity. The two AI model companies have allowed early employees and investors to sell a combined $14 billion in shares over the last... Anthropic and OpenAI have some pressing reasons to go public. But they have already relieved some...