On the latest episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O'Kane, and I did our best to round up all the latest OpenAI news. While the company's latest acquisitions seem to be classic acqui-hires, Sean suggested they also address 'two big existential problems that OpenAI is trying to solve right now.' First, with the team behind personal finance startup Hiro, the company may be hoping to come up with a product that has 'more hooks than just a chatbot, and maybe something worth paying more for.' And with new media startup TBPN, OpenAI could be looking to 'better shape its image in the public eye, which lately has not been great.' Anthony: [We have] two deals that are worth mentioning, one is that OpenAI acquired this personal finance startup called Hiro. And that comes after another deal that was literally announced when we were recording our last episode of Equity, so we didn't get to talk about it: OpenAI had also acquired TBPN ' a business talk show, like a new...
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