OpenAI
Develops AI models and products including ChatGPT, Codex, and an API platform used by individuals, developers, and organizations.
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Develops AI models and products including ChatGPT, Codex, and an API platform used by individuals, developers, and organizations.
Builds the Claude family of AI models and tools for coding, knowledge work, and enterprise applications, alongside research on AI safety.
Develops enterprise AI models, search capabilities, and the North platform for organizations seeking control over their data and AI deployments.
Develops open-weight AI models, enterprise AI software, coding tools, and computing infrastructure for customers seeking control over AI deployment.
Builds AI world models for spatial intelligence; its Marble product creates persistent 3D environments from images, video, or text.
Develops autonomous aircraft and Hivemind software designed to enable aircraft to operate in environments with disrupted communications or GPS.
Operates automated manufacturing facilities and develops Opus software to produce precision components and larger systems for aerospace, defense, and other industries.
Builds spacecraft and propulsion systems that move payloads between orbits after launch, including the Mira vehicle and Helios kick stage.
Provides infrastructure for payments, billing, tax, financial operations, and money movement for businesses and software platforms.
Combines corporate cards, expense management, bill payments, procurement, and accounting automation in a finance operations platform.
Connects financial accounts with applications and provides data, identity, fraud prevention, bank payment, and underwriting tools.
Offers digital financial services for consumers and businesses, including accounts, payments, cards, and related money management tools across multiple markets.
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OpenAI
Co-founded OpenAI and previously led Y Combinator. His interviews connect AI research, product distribution, infrastructure spending and the organizational choices involved in scaling an AI company.
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Anthropic
Dario Amodei is a co-founder of Anthropic. An AI researcher whose work helped shape the company’s emphasis on model capability, reliability and safety.
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Cohere
Aidan Gomez is a co-founder of Cohere. A co-author of the original Transformer research paper, with a focus on applying language models to enterprise work.
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Mistral AI
Co-founded Mistral after working in AI research at DeepMind. His background connects frontier models with open and enterprise deployment.
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World Labs
Co-founded World Labs to build spatial intelligence. Her work in computer vision connects visual understanding with world models and physical environments.
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Impulse Space
Founded Impulse Space after a career developing rocket propulsion. The company focuses on moving payloads after they reach space.
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