Overview
- OpenAI became an equity owner in Thrive Holdings and will place research, product, and engineering teams inside acquired companies to speed AI adoption.
- The first deployments target accounting and IT services, where high‑volume, rules‑driven workflows are expected to yield immediate gains in speed, accuracy, and cost efficiency.
- Models will be trained on company‑specific data with expert feedback to create operational feedback loops; Thrive said it will own the resulting IP.
- Financial terms were not disclosed, and reporting based on anonymous sources describes a non‑cash services‑for‑equity structure with provisions for OpenAI’s stake to grow as businesses perform.
- OpenAI also said ChatGPT Enterprise will roll out to tens of thousands of Accenture employees, as analysts note this deal extends a pattern of circular stakes with major partners such as AMD, Nvidia, and CoreWeave.