OpenAI Acquires Pioneers from Global Illumination Amid Expanding ChatGPT Horizons

Microsoft Corp MSFT backed OpenAI said on Wednesday it had snapped the team at Global Illumination. The financial terms of the transaction remain undisclosed.

Thomas Dimson, Taylor Gordon, and Joey Flynn co-founded Global Illumination.

The entire team has joined OpenAI to work on its core products, including ChatGPT. 

Global Illumination has leveraged AI to build creative tools, infrastructure, and digital experiences. 

The team previously designed and built products early on at Meta Platforms Inc META Instagram and Facebook, with significant contributions at Alphabet Inc GOOG GOOGL YouTube, Google, Pixar, Riot Games, and other notable companies.

OpenAI grabbed wholesome attention courtesy of its chatbot ChatGPT, adept at answering questions and writing essays and poems, and image generator Dall-E 2.

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