OpenAI's open season

OpenAI Hires Slack’s CEO

OpenAI just made one of its most strategic hires yet. Slack CEO Denise Dresser is joining the company as chief revenue officer, where she’ll oversee global revenue strategy and help “more businesses put AI to work,” according to OpenAI. Dresser spent 12 years at Salesforce and the last two as CEO of Slack.

Why OpenAI wants her:

• Enterprise expertise: OpenAI now has 1M+ business customers, 800M weekly users, and $1.4T in planned infrastructure commitments. It needs someone who knows how to build repeatable, enterprise-grade revenue machines.

• Corporate knowledge: As Slack’s CEO, Dresser shipped several AI-native workplace features. Her experience means she knows how to win budgets in companies where AI enthusiasm is high but deployment readiness is low.

• Following Slack’s path: Slack is the operating system of corporate communication. If OpenAI wants to convert ChatGPT from employee tool to company platform, hiring someone who spent a decade watching how work actually works inside enterprises is the way to go.

Nvidia Tests Chip-Tracking Software as Smuggling Rumors Heat Up

Nvidia is reportedly testing new software that can track the physical location of its AI chips, a move prompted by allegations that advanced Blackwell GPUs are being smuggled into China for model training.

How it works: The system uses location-verification signals and latency measurements between servers to estimate what country a chip is operating in. The feature will start as optional and appear first on Blackwell-class GPUs.

Why this is happening: Multiple reports this week claimed that China’s DeepSeek models were trained on smuggled Blackwell chips, despite US export restrictions. Nvidia denies the claims, saying it has seen no substantiation of phantom data centers or illicit GPU reconstruction.

Disney Bets $1B On OpenAI, Licenses Characters to Sora

Walt Disney and OpenAI are making a deal. The agreement includes a $1 billion investment from Disney and allows OpenAI to license Disney’s iconic characters for use on its video platform Sora. This marks one of the most significant partnerships yet between a legacy media giant and an AI company.

Shifts on both sides: 

• Disney is formally allowing its IP to be used within an AI-native video platform, signaling a change from viewing generative video as a threat to treating it as a distribution and experimentation channel.

• For OpenAI, the partnership brings both capital and legitimacy as it pushes Sora beyond a research demo and toward a consumer-facing creative platform. Securing Disney as a partner helps anchor Sora in premium, licensed content rather than the gray area of user-generated IP.

Build a digital version of yourself

MyClone lets you train an AI clone on your writing, voice, documents, and media so it can speak, write, and answer questions exactly like you. It lives on your site or as a shareable widget, handles lead qualification and onboarding, and keeps conversations consistent with your tone and expertise.

How you can use it:

• Offload FAQs, lead intake, and routine coaching questions

• Answer questions with your voice, context, and knowledge base

• Passively convert visitors as the clone acts as a 24/7 expert

Pricing: free and paid

Turn scattered work into one intelligent workspace

Cospace centralizes files, chat, video, and no-code apps in a single workspace and then layers AI on top to connect your data, automate workflows, and surface insights instantly. 

How you can use it:

• Bring files, dashboards, conversations, and apps under one roof

• Create AI-powered processes for reporting, ops, and planning

• Turn raw data into insights and predictions in seconds

• Work together across documents, databases, and custom tools

Pricing: free and paid