OpenAI acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder
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OpenAI has acquired Odessia, an AI travel agent startup founded by Francis Davidson, who is now joining OpenAI to work on travel-related AI projects. Odessia raised $6M pre-seed, launched 5 months ago, and has since shut down. Davidson previously founded travel startup Sonder, which went bankrupt in 2026.