The Information · Stephanie Palazzolo ·

Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its COO, says he is leaving the startup "to start something new"

Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its chief operating officer …

In this story Brad Lightcap OpenAI

Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its COO, says he is leaving the startup "to start something new"

Lead Source

The Information — Brad Lightcap, who most recently led OpenAI's special projects division and formerly was its COO, says he is leaving the startup "to start something new" ↗

How this story grew

Coverage · 0 Discussion · 0

Aug 11Aug 12

More

New York Times: New York Times

CNBC: CNBC

Digit: Digit

Business Today: Business Today

Decrypt: Decrypt

The Asia Business Daily: The Asia Business Daily

Reuters: Reuters

The Economic Times: The Economic Times

Fortune: Fortune

Wall Street Journal: Wall Street Journal

The Verge: The Verge

TechCrunch: TechCrunch

Quartz: Quartz

Business Insider: Business Insider

Axios: Axios

Discussion

@bradlightcap @sama @kate_rouch @romainhuet @katiemiller @negligible_cap @dseetharaman

Related stories

Wall Street Journal: Chris Malone, who joined OpenAI as head of data centers in March 2025, has left the company amid a broader exodus

The Verge: OpenAI President Greg Brockman's role has expanded significantly, giving him control over its product and scaling teams following a wave of executive departures

Axios: AI researcher Luke Metz, who returned to OpenAI from TML earlier this year, joins Meta's Superintelligence Labs and will report to Alexandr Wang

Axios: Greg Brockman is "in founder mode" and getting more involved across every level of OpenAI to build out a leadership team ahead of an expected IPO

Semafor: Meta AI researcher Andrew Tulloch, who came over from Thinking Machine Lab as one of the highest paid employees last year, is leaving the company

Discuss with AI

ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗

← Back to TechSnif