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Board chair of OpenAI who describes AI competition as chess with squares of frontier capability, token pricing, and product quality.
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Sep 2025 — Oct 2026
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Retailers would rather keep AI on a short leash
channelinsider.comneutralOct 25, 2026
“Described current environment for AI agents as 'kind of chaos until such a standard exists' regarding Personal Agent Protocol.”
Andrej Karpathy estimated that only about 5,000 people have internal access to the most advanced AI systems
tradingview.comcautiousOct 13, 2026
“Said AI agents could replace traditional apps, dashboards and web forms but companies face challenges building and maintaining these systems.”
Sierra, Meta Publish Personal Agent Protocol Backed by Walmart
ThenextwebpositiveOct 7, 2026
“Sierra executive co-publishing Personal Agent Protocol v0.1 defining how AI agents authenticate with businesses.”
Introducing Personal Agent Protocol
SierrapositiveOct 7, 2026
“Co-author announcing Personal Agent Protocol, open standard for how personal AI agents interact with businesses.”
TIME's new cover: In 2026, OpenAI has seen key departures, rogue AI agents, major lawsuits, and increased competition
TIMEcautiousAug 28, 2026
“Board chair who likened AI competition to a chessboard and discussed frontier capability, token pricing, and products as critical areas.”
Inside OpenAI's reboot
TIMEmixedAug 27, 2026
“Board chair of OpenAI who describes AI competition as chess with squares of frontier capability, token pricing, and product quality.”
Sam Altman May Control Our Future. Can He Be Trusted?
The New YorkernegativeAug 17, 2026
“Former Facebook CTO selected for OpenAI's board after close conversations with Altman to oversee the investigation into allegations against him.”
Sierra acquires TakeOff, the long-horizon AI agent platform
RuntimeWirepositiveJul 24, 2026
“Former Salesforce CTO and tech veteran announced Sierra's acquisition of TakeOff, the long-horizon AI agent platform, on X.”
Horizon by Sierra
SubstackpositiveJul 21, 2026
“Co-authored announcement of Horizon platform enabling agents to pursue long-horizon business outcomes over days or months.”
Sierra $950M raise
SubstackpositiveMay 10, 2026
“Co-founder of Sierra who announced $950M funding round led by Tiger Global and GV at $15B+ valuation for enterprise customer experience AI agents.”
Atlassian and Twilio Post Breakout Quarters
saastr.commixedMay 4, 2026
“CEO of Sierra, an AI customer experience company that signed cross-sell deal with Twilio”
Sierra acquired Paris-based, YC-backed Fragment
SubstackpositiveApr 26, 2026
“Co-founder of Sierra announcing the acquisition of Paris-based Fragment, Sierra's third acquisition of 2026.”
Agent Labs: Workload-Harness Fit
akashbajwa.coneutralMar 31, 2026
“Discussed Sierra's approach to applied AI and skepticism about winner-take-all scenarios in the AI market.”
Bret Taylor's Sierra introduced Ghostwriter
SierrapositiveMar 26, 2026
“Founded Sierra three years after ChatGPT and introduced Ghostwriter, an AI agent that builds other AI agents for customer service across voice, chat, and 30+ languages.”
How Two Silicon Valley A-Listers Became Billionaires by Remaking Customer Service With AI
ForbespositiveNov 6, 2025
“Co-founded Sierra in 2023, an AI customer service startup that achieved a $10 billion valuation.”
OpenAI Executives Rattled by Campaigns to Derail For-Profit Restructuring
hindustantimes.comcautiousSep 9, 2025
“Issued statement committing to addressing attorneys general concerns about AI safety and sycophancy in ChatGPT.”