More than a dozen OpenAI executives have departed since the start of 2026, including the COO, chief revenue officer, chief marketing officer, and most recently head of data centers Chris Malone, amid an infrastructure re...
Brad Lightcap, who joined OpenAI in 2018 and served as CFO and then COO before moving to special projects, announced he is leaving the company to "start something new." His exit follows other senior departures, including...
OpenAI's second-in-command, Fidji Simo, is permanently stepping back from her full-time role due to health reasons, transitioning to a part-time advisory position. Her departure creates a major leadership vacancy as the...
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified in court against Elon Musk's lawsuit challenging OpenAI's corporate structure, defending the creation of the for-profit subsidiary. Altman revealed that during 2017 discussions about fundi...
Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI brought testimony from former employee Rosie Campbell and board member Tasha McCauley about the company's shift from safety-focused research to product development. Campbell described h...
OpenAI's VP of Global Policy Chris Lehane struggles to reconcile the company's stated mission of democratizing AI with controversial actions including launching Sora with copyrighted content, building energy-intensive da...
OpenAI announced a new restructuring plan that converts its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC) while maintaining control by its nonprofit board. This approach preserves the organization's mission to e...
A federal judge denied Elon Musk's request for a preliminary injunction to halt OpenAI's transition to a for-profit structure, but expressed significant concerns about the conversion. Judge Rogers indicated that using pu...
Miles Brundage, OpenAI's former head of policy research, criticized the company for mischaracterizing its historical approach to AI safety in a recent document. Brundage specifically challenged OpenAI's characterization...
OpenAI is considering giving its nonprofit board special voting rights that would allow it to overrule major investors, protecting against hostile takeovers like the recent $97.4 billion offer from Elon Musk and investor...
