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Are companies falling out of love with OpenAI? | Equity Podcast

Humanoid robotics company Figure raised eyebrows this week when it announced () it would be stepping away from a partnership with OpenAI in favor of building its own in-house AI models. Figure CEO Brett Adcock alluded to a “major breakthrough” in their own process and plans to unveil “something no one has ever seen on…

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Figure isn’t the only company experimenting with non-OpenAI solutions either. Just last week, researchers from Stanford and the University of Washington demonstrated () that it’s possible to train a highly capable “reasoning” model for under $50 in cloud compute credits, a stark contrast to the costs often associated with OpenAI’s models.

TechCrunch’s Kirsten Korosec, Margaux MacColl, and Max Zeff are diving into the biggest news on today’s episode of Equity () , including how the tide could be changing for OpenAI.

Listen to the full episode to hear about:

• Notable new hires in startups and venture, from Stripe’s new lead for ‘startup and VC partnerships’ () to Andreessen Horowitz’s controversial pick () for its American Dynamism team lead.

• Two space startups teaming up to build the next generation of telescopes () .

• Elon Musk’s latest play, and how Silicon Valley is reacting to the tech bros taking over the federal government (.) .

Equity will be back next week, so don’t miss it!

Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday.

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@efiritamaradeinyefa1510

February 7, 2025 at 11:32 am

First viewer and first to comment ,feeling like fly

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@gtleshow

February 14, 2025 at 2:25 am

Oh, so now companies are “falling out of love” with OpenAI? How adorably fickle.

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