{"id":345062,"date":"2025-12-14T17:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/345062\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T17:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T17:04:14","slug":"openais-merch-offers-a-glimpse-inside-its-vibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/345062\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI&#8217;s Merch Offers a Glimpse Inside Its Vibe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can now wear ChatGPT on your sleeve \u2014\u00a0or head or shin.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/openai-gpt-5-2-update-release-2025-12\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">10-year anniversary<\/a> celebration, OpenAI dropped a link on its <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenAI\/status\/1999261291123511795\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow\">X feed<\/a> to a merchandise store. The <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/supply.openai.com\/\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\">&#8220;OpenAI Supply Co.&#8221;<\/a> seems suited for the company&#8217;s engineers, with a space to log in with a company email. Indeed, most of the items listed are archives of old designs \u2014\u00a0but a few are available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Supply Co.&#8221; site was marked as &#8220;coming soon&#8221; in July 2024, according to the Internet Archive. But this appears to be the first time <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chatgpt\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ChatGPT<\/a> users who aren&#8217;t employees can actually buy something from it.<\/p>\n<p>              <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/png\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/693c538d832e0ef1ead6251a&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2940,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1552}}\" alt=\"OpenAI's Supply Co. website\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      OpenAI&#8217;s Supply Co. website<\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/supply.openai.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-source-link not-content-link\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n              OpenAI<br \/>\n              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>OpenAI fans ate it up. The post garnered over 3,000 likes within 15 hours, and multiple sizes of the for-sale items were quickly sold out. If you&#8217;re anything other than an extra small or a small, you&#8217;re out of luck on sweatshirts and tees.<\/p>\n<p>The items OpenAI listed give a glimpse inside the company \u2014 or at least its swag.<\/p>\n<p>There are five Pok\u00e9mon-style <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-i-chose-pokemon-cards-over-stocks-investment-2025-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">trading cards<\/a>. Their subjects include Sora 2 (&#8220;shape-shifter&#8221;), GPT-5 (&#8220;two worlds, one model&#8221;), image generation (with a &#8220;huge&#8221; wow factor), Sora (&#8220;sci-fi&#8221;), and the OpenAI Blossom (&#8220;back and better&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>              <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/png\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/693c523664858d02d216b967&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1830,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1432}}\" alt=\"OpenAI Sora 2 collectible card\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      OpenAI&#8217;s Sora 2 collectible card<\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/supply.openai.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"image-source-link not-content-link\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n              OpenAI<br \/>\n              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon has recently been a point of contention for the company, after its Sora video generator began booting out <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/sam-altman-sora-intellectual-property-video-response-2025-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">unauthorized versions<\/a> of Pikachu.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the site is themed around AGI, or <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-is-agi-artificial-general-intelligence-explained-2023-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">artificial general intelligence<\/a>, a much debated breakthrough milestone that many AI companies are racing to hit. One shirt reads: &#8220;AGI that benefits all of humanity,&#8221; a line from <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/charter\/\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\">OpenAI&#8217;s charter<\/a>. On the employee log-in, the suggested email is agi@openai.com.<\/p>\n<p>The assortment of hats also offers clues. There are Sora beanies and baseball caps with the word &#8220;research.&#8221; One cap has the chatbot&#8217;s phone number, 1-800-CHATGPT. (Yes, the number still works.)<\/p>\n<p>Another cap has OpenAI in red letters on camo print, resembling the popular <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/harris-walz-camo-hat-gen-z-marketing-genius-2024-8\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Harris\/Walz hat<\/a>, which nods to Chappell Roan.<\/p>\n<p>              <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/png\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/693c375b04eda4732f2d6ef8&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:756,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:756}}\" alt=\"OpenAI's camo print hat\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      OpenAI&#8217;s camo print hat was released in July 2024.<\/p>\n<p>              Screenshot via OpenAI<\/p>\n<p>The baseball caps kept coming. There&#8217;s one with silver flames, a piece of early 2000s nostalgia. There&#8217;s another with the letters &#8220;SF&#8221; on it, firmly planting OpenAI in the city of <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/open-ai-new-office-indoor-trees-and-library-2023-6\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Francisco<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All the way at the bottom of the page is a baseball cap with the words &#8220;Thinking deeply.&#8221; The site says that it was released in September 2024 in honor of OpenAI&#8217;s reasoning model. It also looks remarkably similar to Anthropic&#8217;s &#8220;thinking&#8221; caps, which launched a year later at the company&#8217;s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ai-status-symbols-openai-anthropic-cursor-2025-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Air Mail pop-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>              <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/693c3a7d04eda4732f2d6f58&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1920,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1440}}\" alt=\"OpenAI's &quot;Thinking deeply&quot; hat and Anthropic's &quot;thinking&quot; cap.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                      OpenAI&#8217;s &#8220;Thinking deeply&#8221; hat and Anthropic&#8217;s &#8220;thinking&#8221; cap.<\/p>\n<p>              Screenshot via OpenAI; Sunita Mohanty<\/p>\n<p>Anthropic&#8217;s &#8220;thinking&#8221; caps quickly became a <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ai-status-symbols-openai-anthropic-cursor-2025-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">status symbol<\/a>, signifying the wearer&#8217;s closeness to the AI boom. <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/cursor-new-york-cafe-coder-bros-job-interview-2025-10\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cursor&#8217;s tab keys<\/a> had a similar effect, as did OpenAI&#8217;s DevDay token plaques.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible that this merchandise drop will have the same effect. Your ChatGPT crew neck could give you cach\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The fans have clearly been hungry. Fan-created merchandise concepts have long <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/laurentdelrey\/status\/1856009846539366895?s=20\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow\">floated<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wwwAIstore\/status\/1700592444012646559\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow\">around<\/a> X. Some even turned their designs into unauthorized businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty minutes before its post about the tenth anniversary, OpenAI responded to a fan post. Developer <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/chatgpt-ads-advertising-timing-sam-altman-trust-2025-12\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tibor Blaho<\/a> posted some of the merch, saying that the company should make its store &#8220;public instead of keeping it employee-only.&#8221; OpenAI <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OpenAI\/status\/1999251944435777662?s=20\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow\">responded<\/a> with the link and an eye emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Blaho&#8217;s post was 10 months ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can now wear ChatGPT on your sleeve \u2014\u00a0or head or shin. 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