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OpenAI
US AI research company, creator of ChatGPT; now permanent in London and the primary demand driver for global AI infrastructure spending.
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#12 Aug
AI Office gains enforcement powers in August
European Tech Sovereignty#11 Aug
#215 May
Mentioned in: Netflix confirms INKubator, no vendor named
Media's AI Pivot#214 May
Mentioned in: Alsup withholds approval on Anthropic $1.5bn
Media's AI Pivot#313 May
Mentioned in: UK Gate 2 grid offers begin issuing
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#18 May
News Corp names $1.5bn Anthropic settlement
Media's AI Pivot#47 May
Mentioned in: Onwurah: DSIT has no coherent strategy
European Tech Sovereignty#57 May
Mentioned in: AI Omnibus deal splits enforcement into two speeds
European Tech Sovereignty#47 May
Mentioned in: Three EU-US deadlines collide in 9 days
European Tech Sovereignty#26 May
Mentioned in: Where the next data centres should go
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#96 May
Mentioned in: GPT-5.5 clears 32-step attack chain; two models in five days
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#16 May
Discontinued Sora consumer video product on 26 April 2026, triggering Disney's $1bn investment exit
Media's AI Pivot: Disney declares AI strategy, drops $1bn OpenAI stake#81 May
AISI: GPT-5.5 matches Mythos on 32-step attack
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#81 May
Mentioned in: Cboe cuts 20% on record-revenue day
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#830 Apr
Mentioned in: Apple R&D up 33% as Tim Cook announces exit
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#529 Apr
Mentioned in: Mistral ships Le Chat Enterprise and Medium 3.5
European Tech Sovereignty#329 Apr
Mentioned in: Equinix runs 46 builds, buys 800 MW Nordic
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#329 Apr
Mentioned in: Hyperscalers post record $110.75bn Q1 capex
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#328 Apr
Mentioned in: Dex closes $5.3m matching ML talent
UK Startups and Innovation#328 Apr
Compressed compute commitment by 57%, declined Crusoe lease, suspended UK and Norway sites
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: OpenAI cuts compute target by $800bn#227 Apr
Cited UK industrial electricity as more than four times US/Nordic rates as Cobalt Park pause driver
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: OpenAI puts a number on UK electricity gap#424 Apr
Mentioned in: Schwarz triangle closes at $20bn merger
European Tech Sovereignty#123 Apr
Paused planned UK Stargate data centre at Cobalt Park citing regulatory environment
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: OpenAI pauses Cobalt Park Stargate site#216 Apr
Mentioned in: UK names first Sovereign AI investees
European Tech Sovereignty#216 Apr
Mentioned in: DMA orders Google to open search data
European Tech Sovereignty#316 Apr
Mentioned in: Kendall names seven infrastructure bets for £500m Sovereign AI Unit
European Tech Sovereignty#216 Apr
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#614 Apr
AI industry raises $125M v. regulators
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#213 Apr
Mentioned in: UK Q1 VC hits $7.8bn, Nscale dwarfs rest
UK Startups and Innovation#213 Apr
Confirmed move to first permanent London office with capacity to more than double headcount
European Tech Sovereignty: OpenAI takes first permanent London base#313 Apr
Signed 88,500 sq ft King's Cross lease for 500+ staff and paused Stargate UK citing electricity costs
European Tech Sovereignty: OpenAI takes 88,500 sq ft in London, pauses Stargate UK#110 Apr
Mentioned in: Cohere and Aleph Alpha in merger talks
European Tech Sovereignty#61 Apr
Iran names Stargate AI centres as targets
AI: Jobs, Power & Money#11 Apr
Mentioned in: Reach signs AWS pay-per-usage AI licensing deal
Media's AI Pivot#11 Apr
Co-launched Stargate US programme at $500 billion headline with only $100 billion committed
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash: Stargate US: $500B headline, 1.2 GW operational#11 Apr
Mentioned in: Blackstone £10B Blyth, Amazon €33.7B EU
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#61 Apr
#130 Mar
Mentioned in: Mistral raises $830m debt for GPU build
European Tech Sovereignty#117 Mar
Cited in reporting on $650-690 billion AI infrastructure spend by US tech
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Big Five to spend $650bn on AI in 2026#117 Mar
Cited as NYT NewsGuild demanded human oversight of AI in negotiations
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: NYT union draws the line on AI content#14 Mar
Named alongside Oracle's thousands of planned job cuts in AI coverage
AI: Jobs, Power & Money: Oracle may cut up to 30,000 jobs#33 Mar
Mentioned in: Aikido confirms Norway floating-wind compute pilot
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#11 Mar
Acquired Promptfoo to fold prompt-injection defence into its Frontier platform
Cybersecurity: Threats and Defences: Google closes $32bn Wiz deal; 38 M&A#11 Mar
Mentioned in: Mistral CEO proposes EU-wide AI levy
European Tech Sovereignty#11 Mar
“proposed levy disproportionately affecting”
European Tech Sovereignty · source event
#11 Mar
#127 Feb
Mentioned in: UK queue: 50 GW DC vs 45 GW peak demand
Data Centres: Boom and Backlash#11 Feb
Mentioned in: Sovereign cloud spend set to triple by 2027
European Tech Sovereignty#11 Jan