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OpenAI Is Paying Employees More Than Any Major Tech Startup in History
OpenAI’s stock-based compensation shattered norms in 2025, averaging about $1.5M per employee.
Key highlights
• Average stock-based pay ≈ $1.5M per employee across ~4,000 staff
• Compensation far exceeds pre-IPO packages at peers (e.g., Google)
• OpenAI reportedly plans SBC rising ~$3B annually through 2030
• Policy shift: removing six-month vesting cliff could boost costs
Read More: OpenAI Is Paying Employees More Than Any Major Tech Startup in History
OpenAI Is Paying Employees More Than Any Major Tech Startup in History
OpenAI’s stock-based compensation shattered norms in 2025, averaging about $1.5M per employee.
Key highlights
• Average stock-based pay ≈ $1.5M per employee across ~4,000 staff
• Compensation far exceeds pre-IPO packages at peers (e.g., Google)
• OpenAI reportedly plans SBC rising ~$3B annually through 2030
• Policy shift: removing six-month vesting cliff could boost costs
Read More: OpenAI Is Paying Employees More Than Any Major Tech Startup in History
The Wall Street Journal
OpenAI Is Paying Employees More Than Any Major Tech Startup in History
The company’s stock-based compensation in 2025 reached an average of $1.5 million per employee.
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OpenAI continues on its ‘code red' warpath with new image generation model
OpenAI's latest ChatGPT Images update, powered by GPT-Image-1.5, ramps up the AI rivalry with Google by delivering faster, more precise edits that stick to user instructions without overhauling entire visuals.
Key highlights
⦁ Building on CEO Sam Altman's "code red" memo to counter Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro's leaderboard dominance, this model accelerates generation up to 4x while enhancing consistency in edits like facial expressions or lighting tweaks.
⦁ Post-generation controls maintain details such as composition and color tone, fixing common AI pitfalls where specific changes lead to full reinterpretations—now accessible via a dedicated sidebar studio for trending prompts and filters.
⦁ Rolled out to all ChatGPT users and API immediately, accelerating from a planned January launch; follows GPT-5.2's professional tools debut, emphasizing production-ready features amid intensifying market share battles.
⦁ Broader ChatGPT enhancements include visual search results with sourced images for queries like measurements or scores, bridging the gap between ideas and creation as OpenAI pushes for intuitive, story-driven AI experiences.
⦁ This escalation highlights the AI arms race: OpenAI's focus on user-centric iteration versus Google's viral, benchmark-topping releases, with both vying for dominance in generative media.
Read More: OpenAI Image Model
OpenAI continues on its ‘code red' warpath with new image generation model
OpenAI's latest ChatGPT Images update, powered by GPT-Image-1.5, ramps up the AI rivalry with Google by delivering faster, more precise edits that stick to user instructions without overhauling entire visuals.
Key highlights
⦁ Building on CEO Sam Altman's "code red" memo to counter Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro's leaderboard dominance, this model accelerates generation up to 4x while enhancing consistency in edits like facial expressions or lighting tweaks.
⦁ Post-generation controls maintain details such as composition and color tone, fixing common AI pitfalls where specific changes lead to full reinterpretations—now accessible via a dedicated sidebar studio for trending prompts and filters.
⦁ Rolled out to all ChatGPT users and API immediately, accelerating from a planned January launch; follows GPT-5.2's professional tools debut, emphasizing production-ready features amid intensifying market share battles.
⦁ Broader ChatGPT enhancements include visual search results with sourced images for queries like measurements or scores, bridging the gap between ideas and creation as OpenAI pushes for intuitive, story-driven AI experiences.
⦁ This escalation highlights the AI arms race: OpenAI's focus on user-centric iteration versus Google's viral, benchmark-topping releases, with both vying for dominance in generative media.
Read More: OpenAI Image Model
TechCrunch
OpenAI continues on its 'code red' warpath with new image generation model | TechCrunch
OpenAI rolls out GPT Image 1.5 for ChatGPT, promising 4x faster generation, better instruction-following, and precise edits. The launch escalates its rivalry with Google Gemini.
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Sora Users Can Now Generate AI Videos Featuring Disney Characters
OpenAI and Disney just inked a massive deal, unlocking iconic characters for AI video creation in Sora while Disney pumps $1B into the AI giant.
Key highlights
⦁ Three-year licensing lets Sora users prompt short videos with 200+ Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars figures—like Mickey or Darth Vader—but no voices or actor likenesses.
⦁ Disney becomes a major OpenAI customer, integrating APIs for Disney+ tools and ChatGPT for staff; includes equity investment and warrants for more shares.
⦁ Videos start rolling in 2026, with guardrails to block harmful content and protect creators' rights amid Hollywood's AI jitters.
⦁ WGA slams it as sanctioning "theft of our work," while Fairplay worries about kid-targeted AI; Disney insists it's safe and honors creators.
⦁ Boosts OpenAI's content library, potentially curating user vids for Disney+ and hedging against AI's entertainment shake-up.
Read More: OpenAI Disney Agreement
Sora Users Can Now Generate AI Videos Featuring Disney Characters
OpenAI and Disney just inked a massive deal, unlocking iconic characters for AI video creation in Sora while Disney pumps $1B into the AI giant.
Key highlights
⦁ Three-year licensing lets Sora users prompt short videos with 200+ Disney, Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars figures—like Mickey or Darth Vader—but no voices or actor likenesses.
⦁ Disney becomes a major OpenAI customer, integrating APIs for Disney+ tools and ChatGPT for staff; includes equity investment and warrants for more shares.
⦁ Videos start rolling in 2026, with guardrails to block harmful content and protect creators' rights amid Hollywood's AI jitters.
⦁ WGA slams it as sanctioning "theft of our work," while Fairplay worries about kid-targeted AI; Disney insists it's safe and honors creators.
⦁ Boosts OpenAI's content library, potentially curating user vids for Disney+ and hedging against AI's entertainment shake-up.
Read More: OpenAI Disney Agreement
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OpenAI and Disney Reach Licensing Agreement to Bring Its Characters to the Sora App
As part of the agreement, Disney will make a $1 billion equity investment in OpenAI.
