Sam Altman considered a similar structure to Google’s Alphabet, which separates its core search business from ventures like Verily (health) and Waymo (self-driving cars), The Wall Street Journal reports. OpenAI has been cutting back on side quests ahead of a potential IPO and could revive spinout plans later on, the report says.
[Link: Ahead of Race to IPO, OpenAI Discussed Spinning Out Robotics, Hardware Divisions | https://www.wsj.com/tech/ahead-of-race-to-ipo-openai-discussed-spinning-out-robotics-hardware-divisions-18c89706?mod=rss_Technology | wsj.com]
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OpenAI mothballed plans to spin out hardware and robotics divisions.
Sam Altman considered a similar structure to Google’s Alphabet, which separates its core search business from ventures like Verily (health) and Waymo (self-driving c… [694 chars]
Source: The Verge | Published: 2026-05-05T09:10:31Z
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