After a record fundraising of $ 40 billion last March, open AI sets its ambition to music. The American, who already has 500 million active users of his GPT chat solution in the world, has just debacked the French Fiji Simo, a sure value of tech, to recruit it as manager of the group’s AI applications. A key position to develop new features in a sector that becomes ultra-competitive.
At 39, Fiji Simo made her weapons in the United States at Ebay, before joining Facebook in 2011. This fisherman’s girl who grew up in Sète (Hérault) then joined Instacart in 2021, a fast shopping purchases and deliveries of daily racing.
Within Facebook, as head of the social network application – which has been downloaded more than five billion times since its creation – it has notably been in charge of developing new audio features. This was to, at the time, “allow you to discover, listen and join live conversations with public figures, experts and others on subjects that interest you “.
But the audio revolution, a time in full boom, especially during the Cavid years, did not take the expected boom. While AI applications are revolutionizing online assistant services, the conversational dimension remains the next technological border to be crossed. The one that will allow any user to converse naturally and quickly with a personal assistant in particular.
Open AI has developed several AI applications, including the best known GPT Chat but also the Dalle-E, GPT Search or Store image generator for personalized chatbots.
B2C and public procurement
Also, the Californian firm proposed on Wednesday to interested countries to help them develop their artificial intelligence infrastructure (AI), with the support of the United States government, an initiative that seeks to offer an alternative to Chinese inclinations.
The Californian start-up says it is ready to support all stages of the chain, from the construction of data centers to the development of local versions of its famous assistant.
The Chinese technological flagships, such as the internet research giant Baidu, the telephone equipment supplier Huawei and the generative start-up Deepseek seek to gain international markets.
Valored $ 300 billion, Open AI also opened a subsidiary in Paris in 2024.
