OpenAI acquires video-focused collaboration platform Multi

Analytical database recently OpenAI announced that it acquired Rocksetnow a video-focused collaboration platform Multi‘do he bought. We should also point out that Multi, formerly known as Remotion, focuses on corporate companies rather than individual users.

Details of the agreement

Financial details of the acquisition remain confidential. However, Multi’s acquisitions from investors such as Greylock and First Round Capital 13 million dollars of total investment amount Let us state that it is.

With the acquisition, Multi’s 5-person team will join OpenAI. Multi employees, OpenAI To the ChatGPT desktop team will attend. The team in question is the company’s team introduced in May. ChatGPT desktop app for Mac unit responsible for development.

According to Alexander Embiricos, Multi’s co-founder and CEO, It will close after July 24. Among the startup’s customers Mozilla, Framer, Plaid ve VMware There were well-known companies such as. With the closure of the company all data will be deleted is also stated.

Details of the initiative

Founded by Alexander Embiricos and Charley Ho, who have previously worked at companies like Dropbox and Google, Multi is designed for remote teams to work together via video chats. The Zoom-based platform offered the opportunity to collaborate with up to 10 people at the same time through screen sharing. Multi offered automatic deep links for sharing code, designs, and documents, as well as customizable shortcuts. In this context, it was also aimed for software developers to develop together.

OpenAI’s enterprise customer focus increases

While reporting on the Rockset acquisition, we stated that OpenAI aimed to strengthen its corporate focus. The new acquisition also confirms this. As we mentioned before, the agreement signed by OpenAI with PwC in recent months will enable the institution to sell OpenAI tools. This means that the company 600 thousand corporate customers It shows that it will continue to add new ones. In short, it is possible that OpenAI will come to the fore with more acquisitions in the coming days.