OpenAI Roi: OpenAI has bought a new AI-powered personal finance app called Roi. Following the trend in the AI world, OpenAI has hired only Roi’s CEO, Sujith Vishwajit, to join the company. The rest of the Roi team will leave as the company plans to shut down later this month, with October 15 2025, being the last day of service.
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Sujith Vishwajit confirmed the deal in a post on X. He wrote, “I’m excited to announce that Roi has been acquired by OpenAI! We started Roi 3 years ago to make investing accessible to everyone by building the most personalized financial experience. Along the way we realized personalization isn’t just the future of finance. It’s the future of software.”
He added, “This acquisition marks an incredible milestone for Roi, and we’re thrilled to continue building out our vision at OpenAI. We’re extremely grateful to our users, investors, friends, and family who made this journey possible.”
Roi is a New York-based startup founded in 2022. It offered a mobile app that worked like an AI financial helper. Users could track and trade stocks, cryptocurrency, and NFTs while getting a personalized investing experience. Roi also had an AI chatbot that could respond differently depending on a user’s profession and other details, making the experience more personal.
The company raised $3.6 million in early-stage funding from investors like Balaji Srinivasan, Spark Capital, Gradient Ventures, and Spacecadet Venture. On the App Store, Roi described its AI feature as “like ChatGPT but it knows your investments and has access to real-time market data.”
OpenAI has been actively acquiring AI companies this year. Earlier in 2025, it bought Context.ai, a data analytics platform, and Jonny Ive’s startup io. In June, it acquired Crossing Minds, a talent acquisition company, and in September, it bought Alex and Statsig.
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OpenAI is following a pattern similar to other tech giants. Earlier this year, Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI and hired its CEO, Alexandr Wang, while Google recruited Windsurf’s CEO Varun Mohan and co-founder Douglas Chen after OpenAI’s takeover attempt failed.
