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OpenAI to Lease 90K SF at SoHo’s Puck Building
OpenAI is leasing its first New York City office, raising property owners’ hopes that the burgeoning artificial-intelligence industry will develop a bigger appetite for office space, the Wall Street Journal reported. The maker of ChatGPT reached an agreement this month to rent 90,000 square feet in the landmark Puck Building at 295 Lafayette St. in SoHo, reported the WSJ, citing people familiar with the matter.
The OpenAI lease is part of a broader wave of AI businesses scooping up office space in tech hubs such as San Francisco, Seattle and Denver as well as New York City. The activity could help offset a trend among larger tech firms to downsize their office space.
OpenAI is familiar with the Puck Building, owned by the Kushner Cos., partly because it also houses Thrive Capital, a venture capital firm founded by Joshua Kushner that just led a $6.6-billion funding round for OpenAI.
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