
David Vélez and Robin Vince join the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC, bringing global leadership in finance, technology, and governance.
Two leaders from major financial services companies have joined the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC. David Vélez, founder and CEO of a large Latin American digital bank, and Robin Vince, chairman and CEO of a global financial services company, bring experience in using technology to reshape industries and expand access to services. Both leaders have backgrounds in philanthropy and building institutions focused on economic opportunity, which OpenAI states will strengthen its work as it serves more businesses and people globally. Their appointments reflect OpenAI's aim to ensure AI benefits everyone while maintaining disciplined governance and responsible deployment.

The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI's biggest use case.

Midjourney, which has gone from generating AI cat images to full-body ultrasound scans, is getting into a new field: astrology. The AI startup announced on Thursday that it has acquired the personalized astrology app Co-Star, as reported earlier by Bloomberg. Co-Star is a free app that offers daily horoscopes and allows you to check your compatibility with friends. As noted on the app's FAQ page, it combines human insight, data from NASA, and AI to deliver personalized advice f

AI coding startup Cognition has acquired Poke, the AI assistant you text like a friend, in a deal valuing the startup in the low nine figures. The acquisition brings Poke’s conversational style and interaction model to Cognition’s coding agent Devin, reflecting a growing belief that how AI assistants interact with users is as important as the models powering them.
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