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OpenAI acquires Convogo founding team

OpenAI is bringing in the founding team of Convogo, an AI-based leadership development platform, TechCrunch reported on Thursday. Convogo offers automated leadership assessment and feedback tools for executive coaches, consultants and HR teams. An OpenAI spokesperson said the company is hiring the team rather than acquiring Convogo’s IP or technology and will assign them to an AI cloud project. Convogo’s product will be wound down gradually. The deal is OpenAI’s ninth acquisition in the past year.

Crypto

XRP bullish outlook for 2026: four reasons the market is watching

XRP is emerging as a key focus in the crypto market in early 2026 after posting a 25 percent rise since the start of January. Cointelegraph cited four supportive factors: ETF inflows, strong social indicators, rising on-chain activity and expanding partnerships. Data cited showed about $100 million flowing into four spot XRP ETFs. XRP balances on Binance fell to a two-year low, while XRP Ledger activity increased and transaction fees are burned permanently.

Crypto

Countries may sell gold and buy bitcoin: five predictions for the cryptocurrency industry in 2026

Patrick Liu, institutional director at global cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, forecasts 2026 as a structural turning point for crypto markets. He said long-held beliefs on bitcoin’s cycle theory, regulation and capital flows may break down as crypto becomes more tied to institutions and macroeconomics. Liu expects reduced volatility as ETFs and derivatives deepen, crypto to emerge as a bipartisan U.S. midterm issue, prediction markets to expand, DAT mergers to accelerate, and at least one country to sell gold and buy bitcoin.