OpenAI Acquires Odessia, AI Travel Agent Founded by Sonder's Francis Davidson

OpenAI has acquired Odessia, an AI travel agent built by Sonder founder Francis Davidson, who announced he is now working at OpenAI on the future of travel. Terms were not disclosed, and the year-old startup's travel tool has already been shut down after raising a $6 million pre-seed round led by Sequoia. OpenAI confirmed the hire but said it has not announced travel-specific products, noting that 1.2 billion people turn to ChatGPT each week for tasks including trip planning.