OpenAI is bankrolling Axios’ expansion into four new markets

OpenAI is entering the local news game.

Axios is a newsletter-based media company announcement Wednesday is a partnership with OpenAI. As part of the three-year deal, the AI ​​giant will fund Axios’ expansion of its local newsletters to four new cities: Pittsburgh; Kansas City, Missouri; Boulder, Colorado; and Huntsville, Alabama.

OpenAI has entered into content sharing and licensing agreements Several publications — the nature and details of these deals were not disclosed — this is the first time OpenAI has partnered with a media company to finance an actual newsroom, according to Axios. OpenAI’s other media partners include: Vox Media, The Atlantic, and the Financial Times, among many others.

A Blog post“In the next phase of our work, including our recent partnership with Axios, we are focused on helping publishers more effectively integrate our tools to benefit their mission and their business,” OpenAI said.

TechCrunch has reached out to OpenAI for more information.