OpenAI Snaps Up Neptune.ai As ‘Code Red’ Push Intensifies For ChatGPT Upgrade – Stocktwits
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OpenAI said it will acquire neptune.ai, a move aimed at strengthening its tools for tracking, monitoring and debugging frontier AI models as the company accelerates efforts to improve ChatGPT’s performance amid rising competitive pressure.
The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
OpenAI said neptune’s platform, which lets researchers track experiments, monitor training, and understand complex model behavior, will be integrated into its internal research stack to provide insight into how advanced models learn. Chief Scientist Jakub Pachocki said neptune offers “a fast, precise system” that enhances researchers’ ability to analyze complex training workflows.
Neptune’s founder and CEO Piotr Niedzwiedz said the deal will allow the team to build tools at “a new scale” and allow the team to work closely with OpenAI on advancing training tools. Neptune will wind down external services over the coming months as it transitions fully into OpenAI.
The acquisition follows OpenAI’s internal “code red” directive reported recently, as CEO Sam Altman urged staff to focus on improving ChatGPT’s day-to-day performance amid intensifying competition, particularly from Google’s Gemini models. In a memo, Altman pushed for faster response times, greater reliability, and broader question-answering capabilities.
The Wall Street Journal reported that OpenAI is pausing or slowing several non-core projects, including advertising initiatives, AI assistants for health and shopping, and a proposed personal assistant tool called Pulse as the company looks to redirect engineering resources toward strengthening ChatGPT.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT lead, Nick Turley, wrote on X that the team is now concentrating on making the chatbot “more intuitive and personal.” The shift comes as Alphabet shares hit record highs in November following the launch of Gemini 3, which outperformed OpenAI models on benchmark tests.
On Stocktwits, retail sentiment for OpenAI was ‘extremely bearish’ amid ‘normal’ message volume.
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