Overview

• OpenAI’s New York City outpost now employs more people than any site outside San Francisco and aims to triple its local workforce this year.
• An OpenAI report names New York the top global market for enterprise ChatGPT users and ranks it second only to California in developers building on its infrastructure.
• Governor Kathy Hochul has launched AI training for 100,000 state employees in agencies such as the DMV to boost public-sector productivity.
• Local AI startups have attracted over $150 million in spring funding, including Affiniti’s $17 million Series A, Navina’s $55 million round and Legora’s $80 million raise.
• At a private Partnership for New York City event, Sam Altman and chief economist Ronnie Chatterji highlighted AI’s potential to drive economic growth while warning against over-regulation.