OpenAI acquires Odessia, an AI travel-planning agent startup
OpenAI has acquired Odessia, a young company that developed an AI agent to plan trips, without disclosing the price of the deal.
Odessia was founded by Francis Davidson, a co-founder of Sonder, and has nine people, according to specialist outlets. It operates as an IATA-accredited travel agency able to process bookings itself. OpenAI has not said how it will be integrated into ChatGPT. Until now, its travel strategy relied on partners such as Booking.com and Expedia, whose apps are integrated into ChatGPT. The deal was first reported on 10 November.
Source: Journal du Geek, published on November 12, 2026.