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OpenAI buys presentation startup NextSlide, team joins ChatGPT
OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a startup whose AI tools turned prompts and documents into editable slide decks, and the team has joined the ChatGPT project. Neither company disclosed the financial terms or…
The Story in Brief
OpenAI has acquired NextSlide, a startup whose AI tools turned prompts and documents into editable slide decks, and the team has joined the ChatGPT project. Neither company disclosed the financial terms or team size. Founder Ahmed Beshry announced the acquisition on LinkedIn several months after the deal closed in March 2026. NextSlide is no longer available as a standalone product.
The move is seen as an acqui-hire by analysts and comes amid broader reorganisation at OpenAI. Competitor Gamma remains independent, having raised $68 million at a $2.1 billion valuation in November 2025. In May 2026, OpenAI also launched a ChatGPT add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint, competing directly with Microsoft's own Copilot while operating within its software.
The Indian Opinion
The usual narrative of 'AI eats the world' misses the real story here: consolidation. OpenAI's 17 acquisitions in three years, six in the first quarter of 2026 alone, show it is buying talent and features rather than building them from scratch. Meanwhile, Microsoft has replaced OpenAI's models in its flagship apps and tells its sales force to attack them. So OpenAI buys slide-making software and then plugs ChatGPT into PowerPoint. The question is not whether AI will replace office work, but which company's AI will sit inside your software. Watch how many more of those 17 acquired products remain standalone versus get swallowed.
Source: medianama.com
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