InstantDB team joins OpenAI to boost dev tools
emp_ · hn · 2026-08-22
InstantDB, the developer-friendly SQL database startup, announced that its team is joining OpenAI. The acquisition brings the InstantDB team's expertise to OpenAI, likely to bolster its infrastructure or developer tooling capabilities.
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