August 8, 2024

The OpenAI alumni-turned-founders building startups in Europe

These former OpenAI employees now head up their own startups in Europe


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US AI hotshot OpenAI took the world by storm when it unleashed its ChatGPT chatbot in November 2022 — triggering an investor race that saw more than $25bn worth of VC funding funnelled into generative AI in 2023, according to Dealroom data; that figure is set to be surpassed in 2024, based on the current direction of funding.

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A picture of Dust's founders
Dust cofounders: Stanislas Polu (left) and Gabriel Hubert. Credit: Iannis G./Rea for "Le Point"
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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