Operating Company Software

OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity, with safety and human needs at its core.

Focus Areas
AI research & deployment, Developer tools, Generative AI
Website
openai.com

Tracked deals

7

7 tracked deals across 2024-2026.

Recent pace

6

6 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Buyout

7 buyout

OpenAI Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 2 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 2 years for OpenAI. 1 2024 ~9 est. 6 2026
Actual Full-year estimate

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    OpenAI
    Target
    Ona
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenAI has agreed to acquire Ona, a provider of secure cloud execution and orchestration technology, to enhance the capabilities of its Codex ecosystem. The deal is intended to enable Codex agents to run in customers’ own cloud environments, supporting enterprise requirements like security, governance, and persistent work over hours or days.

  • Buyer
    OpenAI
    Target
    Weights.gg
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenAI has reportedly acquired AI voice-cloning startup Weights.gg, including its intellectual property and a small team. Weights.gg previously operated the consumer app Replay, which let users create and share synthetic voices modeled after celebrities and other public figures.

  • Buyer
    OpenAI
    Target
    Tomoro
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenAI has agreed to acquire Tomoro, an applied AI consulting and engineering firm focused on mission-critical workflows. The acquisition will add about 150 Forward Deployed Engineers and Deployment Specialists to OpenAI’s newly formed OpenAI Deployment Company, expected to help enterprises move from AI pilots to production deployments.

  • Buyer
    OpenAI Group PBC, OpenAI
    Target
    Hiro Finance Inc., Hiro
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenAI has acquired Hiro Finance, an AI-driven personal finance planning startup. Hiro’s service is expected to be discontinued by April 20 and all user data deleted by mid-May as Hiro’s ~10-person team and technology are absorbed into OpenAI.

  • Buyer
    OpenAI
    Target
    TBPN (Technology Business Programming Network)
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenAI has acquired TBPN, a founder-led daily tech industry talk show known for live programming on platforms including YouTube and X. TBPN will continue operating as its own brand with editorial independence, while joining OpenAI’s Strategy organization and reporting to Chris Lehane.

  • Buyer
    OpenAI
    Target
    Astral
    Industry
    Software
    Location
    United States
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenAI announced it has agreed to acquire Astral, a company behind widely used open-source Python developer tools such as uv, Ruff, and ty. The acquisition is intended to expand OpenAI’s Codex platform into a full software development lifecycle solution, integrating planning, codebase changes, tool execution, verification, and long-term maintenance.

  • July 15, 2024
    Buyer
    OpenAI
    Target
    Rockset
    Industry
    Data & Analytics
    Type
    Buyout

    OpenAI has acquired Rockset, a real-time analytics database provider, to integrate Rockset's retrieval and data-indexing technology into OpenAI's product suite; terms were not disclosed. Members of Rockset's team will join OpenAI and current customers are expected to be transitioned off the standalone Rockset platform over time.

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