OpenAI has acquired an AI travel agent called Odessia, according to Odessia’s founder, Francis Davidson. Davidson says in a post announcing the deal that he’s now working for OpenAI, helping the AI lab with the future of travel. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but this looks like an acqui-hire. Davidson’s announcement focused largely
Sonder is back. More or less. TravelAI, a Canadian artificial intelligence travel company, announced Monday that it has purchased the Sonder brand and relaunched Sonder.com. The deal did not include Sonder’s properties or its operating business. Sonder, which operated boutique hotels and short-term rentals, filed for bankruptcy and shuttered operations in November after hotel giant
