Overview
- CEO Mira Murati announced the company has parted ways with co-founder and CTO Barret Zoph and named Soumith Chintala as his successor.
- OpenAI’s Fidji Simo said Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz are returning to OpenAI, describing the move as in the works for weeks.
- Murati’s post did not mention Metz, and OpenAI’s announcement arrived roughly an hour later.
- WIRED reported claims that Zoph was fired for “unethical conduct” and allegedly shared confidential information, which the outlet said it could not verify.
- The leadership changes land less than a year after Thinking Machines raised $2 billion at a $12 billion valuation.