Another OpenAI executive takes off

Brad Lightcap, chief operating officer of OpenAI, during the Bloomberg Technology Summit in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday, May 9, 2024.

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s special projects lead and the company’s former COO, announced his departure after an eight-year stint at the AI lab. In an internal memo he later posted to X, Lightcap told colleagues he’d be starting “something new.”

“Over the last few months, I’ve been focused on the next horizon and what would stand in the way of mission success,” Lightcap wrote. “I believe there are a few important new things the world will need to get right as we enter this next period. I … am excited to help you all advance the mission from a different vantage point.” He added that he’d still be around for the next few weeks.

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