OpenAI announced it has acquired Hiro Finance, a fledgling AI‑driven personal finance startup founded by serial entrepreneur Ethan Bloch. The deal brings roughly ten Hiro employees into OpenAI as the startup prepares to shut down its service on April 20 and delete user data by May 13. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Backed by Ribbit Capital, General Catalyst and Restive, Hiro offered a verification‑enabled tool that modeled salary, debt and expense scenarios for consumers. The acquisition marks OpenAI's latest foray into financial‑services technology, though its exact plans for the talent remain unclear. Read more →