OpenAI Acquires AI Travel Assistant Startup Odessia

On November 11, TechCrunch reported that Francis Davidson, founder of AI travel assistant startup Odessia, revealed that OpenAI has acquired the company. He has joined OpenAI to work on travel-related initiatives.

Odessia was founded about a year ago and raised a $6 million pre-seed round led by Sequoia Capital. Its AI travel assistant launched approximately five months ago and is now closed. Davidson previously founded the travel accommodation company Sonder.

The report noted that OpenAI has not confirmed the acquisition to TechCrunch, nor has it announced any new products or plans for the travel sector.