OpenAI A tracked procurement-relevant organisation, company, supplier, country, region, port, commodity, regulator, route or similar subject.

Type The kind of entity being tracked, such as Company, Country, Port, Commodity or Regulator.: Company
Record status The current record state of the entity, such as active, merged or archived.: Active
Review status The internal editorial review state of the entity record.: Pending
Description: US AI research/product company.
Procurement relevance: —
Importance An analyst-assigned input describing how strategically important the entity is. This is one of the inputs used to calculate Entity Criticality below -- Importance is the judgement call an analyst makes; Entity Criticality is the deterministic score calculated from it.: —
Strategic: No
Critical supplier: No
Watchlist Marks an entity for closer monitoring when new relevant signals or events mention it.: Not watched
Mentions The number of distinct real collected signals in which the entity has been identified.: 28
First seen: 2026-07-27 18:00:00
Last seen: 2026-08-18 12:10:00
Record type: REAL

Entity Criticality A deterministic 0-100 score and Tier 1-5 rating of how structurally important this entity is to procurement and supply chains in general -- computed from its importance level, critical-supplier/strategic/watchlist flags and entity type. Country and Region entities are not scored here; they contribute through geographic exposure instead. This is a global assessment, not specific to any one customer's own exposure. — TIER 1 · PERIPHERAL 0/100 UNASSESSED

ENTITY CRITICALITY: 0 — TIER 1, PERIPHERAL Limiting factor: Importance level not set (70 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY: no curated inputs have been set for this entity yet -- this score reflects the absence of assessment, not a confirmed low-criticality finding.

Calculated 2026-08-01 11:36:35 (calculation version v1).

Current Status

1 open event Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event. · 1 total linked event · 0 Developing Intelligence threads · 0 report appearances · Not watched

Events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event.

Headline The concise title of the canonical procurement event.	Type The kind of real-world development identified, such as a supply shortage, contract award, regulatory change or production disruption.	Significance Significance estimates the potential procurement impact of the event, including factors such as supply, cost, operations, geography and strategic importance.	Confidence Confidence indicates how reliable ProcIntel considers the event assessment based on the quality, quantity and independence of the supporting evidence. It does not measure the event's importance.	Lifecycle Lifecycle shows the current state of the development: Breaking is newly detected, Active remains current, Monitoring is being watched for further changes, and Closed is no longer actively developing.	Review The internal review status of the event record. It is separate from the real-world lifecycle of the underlying development.	Articles The number of source articles linked to this canonical event. Several articles may describe the same underlying development.	Evidence strength A plain-language assessment of how much independent evidence supports the Developing Intelligence thread.
OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development	Acquisition	3 · Material	2 · Low	Breaking	Pending	1	Low

Developing Intelligence An evolving procurement situation made up of several distinct but clearly related events over time.

No Developing Intelligence threads

This entity is not currently part of any Developing Intelligence thread.

Reports Weekly Intelligence Report editions in which an event or Developing Intelligence thread linked to this entity has appeared.

No report appearances

This entity has not yet appeared in any Weekly Intelligence Report edition.

Relationships A structured link between two entities, such as a company operating at a port or a regulator overseeing an industry.

No relationships recorded yet

Relationship intelligence will populate automatically as evidence is gathered.

Timeline Every recorded action involving this entity -- source mentions, linked events being created or updated, Developing Intelligence links, report appearances and entity-record actions such as merges -- in one dated feed. Nothing here is inferred; each entry is drawn from an existing record.

Date	What happened	Detail
2026-08-18 12:10:00	Mentioned in "The Download: how people really use AI, and Flock’s design choices"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-18 10:06:43	Mentioned in "We still don’t know how people are really using AI"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-18 05:56:24	Mentioned in "OpenAI to lease massive new AI data centre in US, backed by Nvidia"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-17 13:32:00	Mentioned in "Nvidia to invest $1.9 billion in SB Energy under OpenAI data centre deal"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-17 12:43:00	Mentioned in "Nvidia to invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy under OpenAI data center deal"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-15 19:38:26	Mentioned in "Nvidia eyes investing $3 billion in SB Energy under OpenAI data center deal, Information says"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-14 23:43:56	Mentioned in "Nvidia scales back $250 billion OpenAI data center guarantee, WSJ reports"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-14 23:43:56	Mentioned in "Nvidia scales back funding guarantee for Ohio OpenAI data center, WSJ reports"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-14 11:03:30	Mentioned in "Zhipu launches flagship model GLM-5.3 as China seeks Mythos-level edge in cyber defence"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-11 16:41:18	Mentioned in "Senior OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap to leave for new venture"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-10 16:03:08	Mentioned in "US House Democrats press Anthropic, OpenAI about rogue AI agents"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-10 10:05:34	Created — "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	Acquisition: 'OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development' (lifecycle=Breaking)
2026-08-10 10:05:34	Pri Recalculated — "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities.
2026-08-10 10:05:34	Pri Recalculated — "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient.
2026-08-10 10:05:34	Article Linked — "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	source_item #5671
2026-08-10 10:05:34	Significance Changed — "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	3
2026-08-10 10:05:34	Confidence Changed — "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	2
2026-08-10 10:05:34	Pri Recalculated — "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	PRI: 10 — MINIMAL Base risk 23/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45). Highest contributor: Significance 44/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+18 of 40). Limiting factor: Linked-entity criticality 0/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient (30 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient.
2026-08-10 09:34:11	Mentioned in "OpenAI acquires NextSlide to support ChatGPT development"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-07 17:46:45	Mentioned in "OpenAI flags possible critical cybersecurity risk in upcoming model, tightens controls"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-05 00:41:01	Mentioned in "OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-04 19:16:00	Mentioned in "OpenAI pays $3.2 million in US probe over hiring foreign workers"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-04 14:38:41	Mentioned in "Meta, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI to meet with Trump advisers amid rogue AI agent fallout"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-04 05:58:20	Mentioned in "Apple seeks preliminary injunction against OpenAI in trade secrets case"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-03 12:08:00	Mentioned in "The Download: reward hacking explained, and suspected Iranian cyberattacks"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-03 08:30:05	Mentioned in "Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-02 21:00:00	Mentioned in "Will the AI trade unwind?"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-02 13:00:02	Mentioned in "Wedbush Flags Near-Term Risks From Nvidia’s Alleged OpenAI Data Center Support"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-02 08:23:14	Mentioned in "Reuters: Citadel buys most of Situational’s stock holdings after AI share rout, sources say"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-08-01 11:36:35	Criticality Recalculated	ENTITY CRITICALITY: 0 — TIER 1, PERIPHERAL Limiting factor: Importance level not set (70 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY: no curated inputs have been set for this entity yet -- this score reflects the absence of assessment, not a confirmed low-criticality finding.
2026-07-31 20:18:43	Mentioned in "Exclusive-OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-07-31 15:56:37	Mentioned in "OpenAI says has more than 1 billion active users"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-07-31 11:00:25	Mentioned in "OpenAI blinks in face-off with Chinese rivals, drops pricing for some models up to 80%"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-07-31 09:52:22	Mentioned in "EU says necessary to monitor high risk AI systems after OpenAI, Anthropic AI hacking incidents"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-07-31 08:43:52	Created	OpenAI
2026-07-28 12:10:00	Mentioned in "The Download: OpenAI’s predictable hack, and an AI stock sell-off"	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.
2026-07-27 18:00:00	Mentioned in "OpenAI called the Hugging Face attack unprecedented. But we’ve been here before."	The text "OpenAI" in the article matched a known alias of OpenAI.

Aliases

No alternate names recorded yet.

Review History

Date	Action	Previous	New	Reviewer	Note
2026-07-31 08:43:52	Created	—	OpenAI	—	—
2026-08-01 11:36:35	Criticality Recalculated	score=None, tier=None	score=0, tier=1	Stage 9.5B backfill (recompute-only, no input change)	ENTITY CRITICALITY: 0 — TIER 1, PERIPHERAL Limiting factor: Importance level not set (70 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY: no curated inputs have been set for this entity yet -- this score reflects the absence of assessment, not a confirmed low-criticality finding.

OpenAI ⓘMore about EntityA tracked procurement-relevant organisation, company, supplier, country, region, port, commodity, regulator, route or similar subject.

Current Status

Events ⓘMore about EventsCanonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event.

Developing Intelligence ⓘMore about Developing IntelligenceAn evolving procurement situation made up of several distinct but clearly related events over time.

Reports ⓘMore about ReportsWeekly Intelligence Report editions in which an event or Developing Intelligence thread linked to this entity has appeared.