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OpenAI acquires Statsig for $1.1 billion, reshuffles executive leadership team.
OpenAI acquires product testing startup Statsig and shakes up its leadership team
OpenAI has announced its largest acquisition to date, agreeing to purchase product testing startup Statsig for $1.1 billion in an all-stock deal. The acquisition brings Statsig's founder and CEO Vijaye Raji into OpenAI as the new Chief Technology Officer of Applications, marking a significant expansion of the company's product development capabilities.
The deal, valued under OpenAI's current $300 billion valuation, represents a strategic move to strengthen the company's Applications business unit. Raji will report directly to Fidji Simo, the former Instacart CEO who recently joined OpenAI to lead the Applications division. In his new role, Raji will oversee product engineering for ChatGPT, OpenAI's AI coding tool Codex, and future consumer applications the company plans to develop.
OpenAI believes that integrating Statsig's experimentation platform will significantly accelerate product development across its Applications organization. Statsig specializes in feature flagging, A/B testing, and analytics tools that help companies optimize their products through data-driven insights. By bringing these capabilities in-house, OpenAI aims to enhance its ability to rapidly iterate and improve its consumer-facing products.
The acquisition coincides with notable leadership changes within OpenAI's executive team. Kevin Weil, the company's current Chief Product Officer, is transitioning to lead a new division called OpenAI for Science. Weil announced on LinkedIn that his new organization's mission is to "build the next great scientific instrument: an AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery." He will collaborate closely with Sebastien Bubeck, an OpenAI researcher and former Microsoft AI executive.
Weil expressed confidence in the transition, citing the strength of OpenAI's existing product and design leadership, now complemented by Simo's arrival as CEO of Applications. "OpenAI's products have been my life since I joined, and they're in great hands," he stated.
Additionally, Srinivas Narayanan, OpenAI's current head of engineering, is moving to a new position as CTO of B2B applications. In this role, Narayanan will work directly with Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap, who manages many of the company's enterprise customer relationships. This move signals OpenAI's continued focus on expanding its business-to-business offerings alongside its consumer applications.
The Statsig acquisition is subject to regulatory review, a standard process for deals of this magnitude in the tech industry. Once approved, all Statsig employees will join OpenAI's workforce. However, the company has committed to maintaining Statsig's operational independence, with the startup continuing to serve its existing customer base from its Seattle office.
This acquisition reflects OpenAI's broader strategy to build comprehensive product development capabilities as it competes in the rapidly evolving AI market. The company has been investing heavily in both consumer and enterprise applications, seeking to capitalize on the success of ChatGPT and expand its market presence across multiple sectors.
The deal also highlights the premium valuations in the AI sector, with OpenAI paying approximately 10 times what Statsig was reportedly valued at in previous funding rounds. This significant premium underscores the strategic importance OpenAI places on acquiring proven product development expertise and tools.
For Statsig, the acquisition provides access to OpenAI's vast resources and user base, potentially accelerating the development and adoption of its experimentation platform. The startup's tools could prove invaluable as OpenAI continues to refine and expand its AI applications based on user feedback and performance data.
The restructuring and acquisition demonstrate OpenAI's evolution from a research-focused organization into a comprehensive AI company with significant commercial ambitions across multiple market segments.
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Tesla has officially shut down Dojo, its AI supercomputer project hyped for six years as crucial to the company's autonomous driving ambitions. After promising Dojo would power Tesla's Full Self-Driving technology and robotaxis, Elon Musk reversed course in August 2025, calling it 'an evolutionary dead end.' The project aimed to reduce Tesla's reliance on expensive Nvidia chips through custom D1 processors, but never met ambitious performance targets. Tesla disbanded the team and pivoted to partnerships with Samsung for AI6 chips and expanded its Cortex supercomputer using traditional Nvidia hardware instead.
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