OpenAI Starts 2026 With Another Strategic Acqui-Hire

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OpenAI has kicked off the new year by acquiring the team behind Convogo, a platform that helped executive coaches and HR teams automate leadership assessments and feedback reporting. The deal is structured as an acqui-hire, meaning OpenAI is bringing on the talent rather than the product or underlying IP.

Convogo’s three co-founders — Matt Cooper, Evan Cater, and Mike Gillett — will join OpenAI to work on its AI cloud efforts under an all-stock agreement. Convogo’s product will be shut down, following a familiar pattern seen in many of OpenAI’s recent acquisitions.

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feels like ai companies are learning regulation exists in real time, country by country