OpenAI acquires presentation startup NextSlide
NextSlide says its team members are now working on ChatGPT.
Presentation startup NextSlide has announced it will be joining forces with OpenAI. The team behind NextSlide will now be working on ChatGPT, according to the newly posted statement on the company's website. The website features a statement from founder Ahmed Beshry, who explains that NextSlide's product is designed to transform prompts, notes, documents, or research into polished, editable presentations.
Beshry's ultimate goal for the company was to make visual communication more accessible and help people more effectively express their ideas. By joining OpenAI, the NextSlide team will continue to pursue the same mission of building AI products that assist people in creating, communicating, and turning their ideas into meaningful work.
The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. A note on LinkedIn from Beshry revealed that the announcement was made "a few months late," as the acquisition occurred "earlier this year." Prior to joining NextSlide, Beshry was a co-founder of Caper AI, a smart cart/cashier-less checkout startup that was acquired by Instacart in 2021.
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