OpenAI Acquires Presentation Startup NextSlide, Team Moves to ChatGPT

Presentation-generation startup NextSlide said on its site that it is joining OpenAI, with its team already helping build ChatGPT. TechCrunch reported on August 8, 2026 that the acquisition closed earlier this year and that terms were not disclosed.

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NextSlide, a presentation-generation startup, said on its own website that it is joining OpenAI ¹. According to founder Ahmed Beshry, the NextSlide team is now at OpenAI, helping build ChatGPT ¹.

The company started a little over a year ago and built a product that could turn prompts, notes, documents, or research into a polished, editable presentation ¹. Beshry writes that the goal was never simply to generate slides faster, but to make visual communication more accessible ¹.

TechCrunch reported the move as an acquisition on August 8, 2026, saying the deal itself closed earlier this year and that the announcement came a few months late ². Financial terms were not disclosed, according to the report ². No announcement from OpenAI’s side has been confirmed as of this writing.