OpenAI Announces Acquisition Of Global Illumination Digital Product Companies

JAKARTA - OpenAI announced on Wednesday August 16 that it has acquired digital product company Global Illumination, in what became the first known acquisition by the well-known artificial intelligence company.

The financial details of this deal were not disclosed.

OpenAI has acquired the team at Global Illumination. The entire team has joined OpenAI to work on our core products including ChatGPT. The team previously designed and built products early on at Instagram and Facebook and have also made significant contributions at YouTube,…

— OpenAI (@OpenAI) August 16, 2023

OpenAI has accumulated the team at Global Illumination. The entire team has joined OpenAI to work on our core products including ChatGPT. The team prepared and built products early on at Instagram and Facebook and have also made significant contributions at YouTube,...

"All teams (Global Illumination) have joined OpenAI to work on our core products, including ChatGPT," OpenAI said, quoted from its blog.

New York-based Global Illumination was founded in 2021 by Thomas Dimson, Taylor Gordon, and Joey Flynn, all of whom have previously worked on Meta Platforms Inc's Instagram.

Global Illumination recently worked on open source technology associated with online game production. Dimson is recognized to have developed a portion of the original code for Instagram content rating algorithms, according to private websites