April 15, 2025:
OpenAI Acquires Context.ai Team for AI Evaluations - OpenAI has hired the co-founders of Context.ai, a startup known for building AI evaluation and analytics platforms, after it decided to wind down. Founded by former Googlers in 2023, Context.ai gained attention for its dashboard tool that analyzed AI model outputs and raised $3.5 million in seed funding from GV and Theory Ventures.
Now part of OpenAI, the founders aim to develop tools focusing on model evaluations, a crucial yet challenging aspect of AI application development. Through this acquisition, OpenAI seeks to leverage their expertise to enhance its capabilities in evaluating AI models, continuing the mission of improving AI application effectiveness.