OpenAI News & Updates
Last updated October 17, 2026
OpenAI eyes Saudi, Indian investors for next $40B funding round
OpenAI has a new plan to go for-profit
OpenAI Retreats From Spinoff Plan Amid Scrutiny Over Nonprofit Control
OpenAI Acquires Jony Ive’s io to Build AI-Powered Consumer Devices
OpenAI confirms its entry into shopping
OpenAI, Perplexity, and Yahoo want to buy Chrome browser
Is OpenAI integrating Shopify into ChatGPT?
#223 – Browser Wars, ChatGPT E-commerce, and India’s $125B Market
OpenAI Eyes $174B in Revenue by 2030 as ChatGPT Gives Way to Agents, Apps, and Billions of Users
OpenAI is building a social network to rival X and Meta
#222 – OpenAI’s social network, Google’s monopoly, and Temu & Shein slash US ad spend
OpenAI finally upgrades its image-generation feature
#219 – OpenAI Images, Amazon Interests, & FedEx Easy Returns
Elon Musk either wants to buy OpenAI or disrupt its fundraising
OpenAI launches Operator in partnership with eBay, DoorDash, Instacart, Uber, and others
#210 – OpenAI Operator, Walmart Product Testing, & DeepSeek pulls ahead
ChatGPT Search for everyone! And other OpenAI gifts.
#205 – TikTok’s Last Appeal, ChatGPT Search For Everyone, & Amazon’s terrible reimbursement policy
Meta backs Elon Musk’s bid to block OpenAI’s for-profit shift
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