The CEO of OpenAI disputes the idea that reorganization is connected to executive exits
Sam Altman stated on Thursday that the board has been debating a proposed corporate restructure for several months, but he disputed that there was any connection between the departure of three high-ranking OpenAI executives and the move.
On Wednesday, Mira Murati, the chief technical officer of the top artificial intelligence company in the world, unexpectedly announced her resignation. Barret Zoph and Bob McGrew, two senior research leaders, announced their departure from the organization within hours of one other.Sam Altman stated on Thursday that the board has been debating a proposed corporate restructure for several months, but he disputed that there was any connection between the departure of three high-ranking OpenAI executives and the move.
On the same day, Reuters reported that OpenAI was working on a plan to restructure its core business into a for-profit benefit corporation that will no longer be controlled by its nonprofit board, in a move aimed at making the company more attractive to investors.
OpenAI CEO Altman claimed during a speech on stage at the Italian Tech Week conference in Turin that «some things» that were published concerning senior exits were untrue and that the personnel changes had nothing to do with restructuring.
“A lot of the things I saw were also totally wrong, but we’ve been thinking about that (restructuring), our board has been doing that, for almost a year, independently, as we think about what it takes to get to our next stag
