Mattel and OpenAI Announce Strategic Collaboration

[JayC]

Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, and OpenAI, today announced a strategic collaboration to support AI-powered products and experiences based on Mattel’s brands.

The agreement unites Mattel’s and OpenAI’s respective expertise to design, develop, and launch groundbreaking experiences for fans worldwide. By using OpenAI’s technology, Mattel will bring the magic of AI to age-appropriate play experiences with an emphasis on innovation, privacy, and safety.
 

With more than 80 years of earned trust from parents and families, Mattel is a leader in adopting new technologies to enhance fan engagement in a safe, thoughtful, and responsible way. As a central part of this collaboration, Mattel and OpenAI will emphasize safety, privacy, and security in the products and experiences that come to market.

In addition, Mattel will incorporate OpenAI’s advanced AI tools like ChatGPT Enterprise into its business operations to enhance product development and creative ideation, drive innovation, and deepen engagement with its audience. With OpenAI, Mattel will have advanced AI capabilities that can power the development and operations of consumer products and experiences.

Brad Lightcap, Chief Operating Officer at OpenAI, said: "We're pleased to work with Mattel as it moves to introduce thoughtful AI-powered experiences and products into its iconic brands, while also providing its employees the benefits of ChatGPT. With OpenAI, Mattel has access to an advanced set of AI capabilities alongside new tools to enable productivity, creativity, and company-wide transformation at scale."

Josh Silverman, Chief Franchise Officer at Mattel, said: “Each of our products and experiences is designed to inspire fans, entertain audiences, and enrich lives through play. AI has the power to expand on that mission and broaden the reach of our brands in new and exciting ways. Our work with OpenAI will enable us to leverage new technologies to solidify our leadership in innovation and reimagine new forms of play.”

Mattel and OpenAI will continue collaborating to simultaneously develop a series of products and experiences. Their first product is expected to be announced later this year.

[Emnems80]

[Jurassicvania]

Now I'm done with Mattel with this announcement, I've bought a ton and photographed of JP/JW toys for a long time, but no hesitation, done forever unless they end this partnership with these thieving, money bleeding, environment devestating monsters. 

And will encourage others to do the same.

 

[BenFromtheBunker]

Replacing people with machines for profit.

[Hassenfeld]

I am so glad to hear, and to echo, the utter disdain and disgust for this announcement. Are you listening, Mattel?

[memocromatico]

Well, this is disappointing. I was looking forward to seeing what they would do with the DC license coming back. I'll get the Colossal Spino and be done with it. AI can be a useful tool in combination with human oversight, hope this doesn't seek to replace people's job for a higher cut to the investors.

[MagnaPrime]

Just like hasbro the higher ups don't care abt toys, just increasing profits by any means.

[Batfreak87]

On 6/19/2025 at 12:29 PM, Emnems80 said:

might be fun but let's hope not LOL 

[Batfreak87]

58 minutes ago, MagnaPrime said:

Just like hasbro the higher ups don't care abt toys, just increasing profits by any means.

I see what you mean, but AI now is the new wave of things.