OpenAI Acquires Odessia, travel startup created by Sonder founder

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.