OpenAI acquires startup founded by ex-Instagram talent for undisclosed sum | VentureBeat

August 16, 2023 10:43 AM Credit: VentureBeat made with Midjourney Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here OpenAI is making more moves. The company behind ChatGPT and Dall-E 2 just announced it has acquired Global Illumination, Inc., a New York City-based startup founded in 2021 by a trio of former Facebook and Instagram workers — Thomas Dimson, Taylor Gordon and Joey Flynn, who worked on engineering and product design at the Meta companies, respectively. “Global Illumination is a company that has been leveraging AI to build creative tools, infrastructure, and digital experiences,” writes OpenAI in the blog post announcing the acquisition, adding that the Global Illumination, Inc. team “have also made significant contributions at YouTube, Google, Pixar, Riot Games and other notable companies.” Some web users celebrated the move as an excellent “acqui-hire” for OpenAI — that is, acquiring new talent via buying up an entire team or firm. OpenAI says that the talent from Global Illumination will “work on our core products including ChatGPT.” Event VB Transform 2023 On-Demand Did you miss a session from VB Transform 2023? Register to access the on-demand library for all of our featured sessions. Register
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