OpenAI asks investors to avoid five AI startups including Ilya Sutskever's SSI

OpenAI received $6.6 billion from global investors including Thrive Capital and Tiger Global, requesting they not fund five key competitors including Anthropic, Elon Musk's xAI, and Safe Superintelligence. This strategy aims to secure exclusive commitments and support its ambitious revenue growth projections to $11.6 billion by 2025.