OpenAI Bought NextSlide and Put Its Team on ChatGPT's Presentation Layer
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TechCrunch reported on August 8 that OpenAI acquired NextSlide, a startup that turned prompts, notes, documents, or research into polished editable presentations, with terms undisclosed. Founder Ahmed Beshry — who previously co-founded Caper AI, acquired by Instacart in 2021 — said the team is now working on ChatGPT's presentation and visual-communication capabilities. This is OpenAI absorbing a category (Gamma, Tome, Beautiful.ai, and ultimately PowerPoint/Slides) rather than partnering into it: the deck generator becomes a ChatGPT surface, not a standalone SaaS with its own seat price.