OpenAI Disbands Mission Alignment Team, Appoints Chief Futurist
OpenAI has disbanded its mission alignment team, with members reassigned across the company, while former team head Josh Achiam becomes chief futurist.
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OpenAI has disbanded its mission alignment team, with members reassigned across the company, while former team head Josh Achiam becomes chief futurist.
NAVER D2SF has invested in Cashmere, a data infrastructure platform that links premium content publishers with AI companies. The $5 million seed round was led by Reach Capital with participation from NAVER D2SF and other investors.
EPRI has announced a collaboration with Nvidia, Prologis, and InfraPartners to create smaller, distributed data centers designed for AI inference workloads. The initiative will test micro data centers near utility substations to improve efficiency and grid reliability.
Stand Together Ventures Lab, Cubit Capital, 8VC, and GSV have invested in Training All People (TAP), a workforce development platform that uses AI-driven simulations to train and assess advanced manufacturing skills.
Skan AI has introduced the Agentic Ontology of Work (AOW), a standardized framework designed to unify how humans and AI agents collaborate within enterprise systems. The ontology defines key elements like agents, skills, intents, and policies to improve interoperability and governance in agentic automation.
Stellaromics has appointed industry veterans Stacie Weninger and Steve McPhail to its Board of Directors as it expands its Pyxa 3D spatial multi-omics technology.
Arena has introduced an Academic Partnerships Program to fund research on AI evaluation and reliability, offering grants of up to $50,000 per project with the first submission deadline set for March 31, 2026.
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton has recognized Alpha School for its use of AI in personalized learning, describing it as a rare example of technology that makes him optimistic about artificial intelligence.
Exxat announced it has received a minority growth investment from Accel-KKR to support product innovation and expand its reach in healthcare education and workforce development.
Spear Education has partnered with Overjet to combine AI-assisted dental diagnostics with targeted clinician training, offering courses that help dentists apply AI insights in daily practice.
Genius Factor Academy and the National Black MBA Association have partnered to launch an AI-driven career intelligence and coaching platform offering members personalized tools for career alignment and growth.
Blackbaud announced a multi-year philanthropic contribution to Generation: You Employed to integrate AI-driven curriculum tools for global workforce training and economic mobility programs.
The California Community Colleges Digital Center for Innovation, Transformation & Equity and Mainstay have launched a pilot program introducing 'Cali,' an AI-powered bilingual digital coach to help rural students navigate financial aid and college enrollment.
Renaissance has appointed Gerri Martin-Flickinger, former Starbucks CTO and Adobe CIO, as Chair of its Board of Directors to support its global education technology strategy.
Coveo has introduced a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server that connects its AI-Relevance Platform with major large language models like ChatGPT Enterprise and Anthropic's Claude, offering secure and scalable AI integration for enterprises.
Garner Health has raised $118 million in Series D funding led by Kleiner Perkins, bringing its valuation to $1.35 billion. The company plans to expand its AI-driven provider-ranking engine and incentive platform serving over 2.5 million members.
Cisco has announced major updates to its AI Defense platform and new AI-aware capabilities for its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution, aiming to protect agentic AI workflows and enhance enterprise-level security and connectivity.
FMG has appointed Matt Newman as Chief Revenue Officer to oversee sales, customer success, and revenue operations, aligning the company’s enterprise growth strategy across wealth management and insurance.
Cisco has announced the Silicon One G300 chip, along with new N9000 and 8000 systems, optics, and management tools aimed at improving AI data center efficiency and scalability.
Ambarella announced it will present 'The Ambarella Edge: From Agentic to Physical AI' at Embedded World 2026, featuring its edge AI SoCs, software tools, and developer resources for robotics, automotive, and industrial automation.