Odessia founder Francis Davidson announced on November 10, 2026 that OpenAI had acquired the AI travel-planning startup and that he was joining OpenAI to focus on the future of travel. The standalone Odessia service has closed as part of the transition. Davidson said tens of thousands of early adopters used Odessia during summer 2026, with travel planned through the service at a rate of more than $60 million a year. That figure measures planned travel, not Odessia’s revenue. The company’s…