[wantsanagent]

OpenAI Eng Mgmt: "Hey, we really like this rockset thing we've been using, but we don't have the people to build it out as fast as you want."

OpenAI Leadership: "Ok, buy Rockset and have them build anything you need."

OpenAI Eng Mgmt: "... Ok. You want to run a db service?"

OpenAI Leadership: "No. Dump all the existing customers. They build for us now."

[jstummbillig]

Yes, that's how acqui-hiring goes. Idk. Anything is noteworthy when OpenAI does it, I suppose?

[Jensson]

It is surprising every time you see a non-profit behave exactly like a for-profit. You'd think there would be some difference, but no apparently we see there is basically none.

At least I have never seen a non-profit acquihire before.

[codezero]

OpenAI isn’t a nonprofit.

https://openai.com/our-structure/

[hodgesrm]

That and the fact that Rockset has been around for a while and has accumulated a decent number of users who are now in search of alternatives.