---
type: "Evidence Item"
title: "Announcing OpenAI Grove Cohort 2"
description: "Applications are now open for OpenAI Grove Cohort 2, a 5-week founder program designed for individuals at any stage, from pre-idea to product. Participants receive $50K in API."
resource: "https://openai.com/index/openai-grove"
tags: ["appendix-iii", "vendor", "openai"]
timestamp: "2026-01-02"
category: "vendor"
publisher: "OpenAI"
cope_score: 64
confidence: 0.9
---

# Announcing OpenAI Grove Cohort 2

# Claim

Applications are now open for OpenAI Grove Cohort 2, a 5-week founder program designed for individuals at any stage, from pre-idea to product. Participants receive $50K in API credits, early access to AI tools, and hands-on mentorship from the OpenAI team.

# Relevance

Appendix III, section two: vendor threshold and platform capability evidence

# Oracle Verdict

This is a lower-to-mid strength vendor signal for the capability register. It does not prove displacement on its own, but it records another platform step that can later show up as workflow automation, procurement change, or organisational dependency.

# Metadata

* Publisher: OpenAI
* Category: vendor
* Sector: General AI capability
* Capability: Agent platform and API infrastructure
* Cope score: 64
* Confidence: 0.9

# Related Concepts

* [Live evidence index](index.md)
* [Thesis](../thesis.md)

# Citations

[1] [Announcing OpenAI Grove Cohort 2](https://openai.com/index/openai-grove)