{"id":75585,"date":"2025-02-09T14:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/are-companies-falling-out-of-love-with-openai\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T14:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:44:26","slug":"are-companies-falling-out-of-love-with-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/news\/are-companies-falling-out-of-love-with-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Are companies falling out of love with OpenAI?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Humanoid robotics company Figure raised eyebrows this week when it announced (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/04\/figure-drops-openai-in-favor-of-in-house-models\/<\/a>) it would be stepping away from a partnership with OpenAI in favor of building its own in-house AI models. Figure CEO Brett Adcock alluded to a \u201cmajor breakthrough\u201d in their own process and plans to unveil \u201csomething no one has ever seen on a humanoid\u201d in the coming month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Figure isn\u2019t the only company experimenting with non-OpenAI solutions either. Just last week, researchers from Stanford and the University of Washington demonstrated (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/05\/researchers-created-an-open-rival-to-openais-o1-reasoning-model-for-under-50\/<\/a>) that it\u2019s possible to train a highly capable \u201creasoning\u201d model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, a stark contrast to the costs often associated with OpenAI\u2019s models.<\/p>\n

TechCrunch\u2019s Kirsten Korosec, Margaux MacColl, and Max Zeff are diving into the biggest news on today\u2019s episode of Equity (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/<\/a>) , including how the tide could be changing for OpenAI.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Listen to the full episode to hear about:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Notable new hires in startups and venture, from Stripe\u2019s new lead for \u2018startup and VC partnerships\u2019 (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/03\/stripe-brings-aboard-new-head-of-startup-and-vc-partnerships\/<\/a>) to Andreessen Horowitz\u2019s controversial pick (https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/04\/nyregion\/daniel-penny-hired-andreessen-horowitz.html<\/a>) for its American Dynamism team lead.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Two space startups teaming up to build the next generation of telescopes (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/04\/two-space-startups-have-merged-to-create-the-next-generation-of-telescopes\/<\/a>) .\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2022 Elon Musk\u2019s latest play, and how Silicon Valley is reacting to the tech bros taking over the federal government (https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news\/elon-musk-peter-thiel-aligned-150849533.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20federal%20government%20has%20been%20infiltrated,some%20of%20the%20most%20sensitive%20U.S.%20government%20data.)<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Equity will be back next week, so don\u2019t miss it!<\/p>\n

Equity is TechCrunch\u2019s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts (https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780<\/a>) , Overcast (https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity<\/a>) , Spotify (https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ)<\/a> and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X (https:\/\/twitter.com\/EquityPod<\/a>) and Threads (https:\/\/www.threads.net\/<\/a>@equitypod) , at @EquityPod. For the full episode transcript, for those who prefer reading over listening, check out our full archive of episodes here (https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/podcasts\/equity\/<\/a>) .<\/p>\n

Credits: Equity is produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. We\u2019d also like to thank TechCrunch\u2019s audience development team. Thank you so much for listening, and we’ll talk to you next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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