OpenAI Funds Axios Local Newsletters in Exchange for Training Data
ns123abc · x · 2026-08-20
OpenAI has struck a three-year deal with Axios to explore AI's role in local newsrooms.
Deal Terms:
- OpenAI covers startup costs for 13 new Axios Local newsletters (staffing and technology).
- Axios employees receive free credits for OpenAI's enterprise tools.
- In return, OpenAI can train its models on Axios's published free content.
Context:
Axios CEO Jim VandeHei is testing whether "everything you need in a local market other than the journalist and the journalism itself" can be automated. Notably, despite VandeHei's recent column stating his confident "line of sight is six weeks tops" due to rapid change, this deal commits to a three-year term.
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