OpenAI acquires search and analytics startup Rockset. What does that mean for the ChatGPT maker? [Video]

OpenAI has made its first acquisition and it’s an analytics startup called Rockset.

The ChatGPT maker announced the deal on Friday, saying “we will integrate Rockset’s technology to power our retrieval infrastructure across products.” The company also said members of Rockset’s team will join OpenAI.

As the ongoing battle to build the most capable AI models rages on, OpenAI seeks to gain a competitive edge against rivals like Google and Anthropic.

Details of how Rockset’s real-time search and analytics database will integrate with OpenAI’s products are unclear (as is the sumOpenAI is paying to acquire Rockset). But OpenAI has an Enterprise model for businesses, which could benefit from data querying and analysis in chatbot form. OpenAI is also rumored to be working on a search engine, so the acquisition of a company that enables real-time data retrieval could point to ChatGPT becoming a formidable competitor to Google Search. Then there’s …