New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- OpenAI has started the year with another acqui-hire, this time bringing in the founding team behind Convogo, a U.S.-based business software startup focused on automating leadership assessments and feedback for executive coaches and HR teams.

The deal, structured as an all-stock transaction, does not include Convogo's intellectual property or product. Instead, OpenAI is hiring the three co-founders, Matt Cooper, Evan Cater, and Mike Gillett, to work on its AI cloud initiatives. Convogo's platform will be shut down as part of the transition.

An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed that the acquisition is centred on talent rather than technology, reinforcing a pattern the company has followed repeatedly over the past year.

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