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OpenAI Held Early Talks With The Trade Desk to Sell Ads

By Sri Muppidi and Catherine Perloff · Mar 4, 2026 2:44pm PST
OpenAI has held early talks to partner with The Trade Desk, a publicly traded ad tech company, to help the ChatGPT maker sell ads, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The talks indicate that OpenAI, which launched ads in ChatGPT in early February, will initially lean on external partners to help it sell ads and quickly ramp... OpenAI has held early talks to partner with The Trade Desk, a publicly traded ad tech company, to...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Palantir CEO Alex Karp. Photos via AP and Getty.
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Anthropic-Palantir Partnership at Risk After Pentagon Decision

By Aaron Holmes, Sri Muppidi, Rocket Drew and Julia Hornstein · Mar 3, 2026 12:32pm PST · 1 comment
For over a year, Anthropic has served the U.S. government through Palantir Technologies, an enterprise software firm known for working with the Pentagon and other federal agencies. Palantir’s customers have used Anthropic models to help them identify patterns across large volumes of classified data so they can make decisions. But the Defense... For over a year, Anthropic has served the U.S. government through Palantir Technologies, an...
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What OpenAI’s ‘Stateful’ AI is Good For

By Aaron Holmes · Mar 3, 2026 12:10pm PST · 2 comments
OpenAI and Amazon last week said they were developing a new cloud service for a new generation of AI agents, but their description of the service generated confusion among AI buyers. Let’s clear it up.The new AI cloud service aims to help Amazon Web Services customers develop custom AI agents— powered by OpenAI technology—to automate business... OpenAI and Amazon last week said they were developing a new cloud service for a new generation of...