OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap to leave company, plans to ‘start something new’

He held the COO role until earlier this year, when he moved to lead special projects as part of an executive restructuring.Before joining OpenAI, Lightcap worked with Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman at venture capital firm Y Combinator.“I had the privilege of building the first versions of most of our operations and business teams — from Finance to Legal, People, CorpSec, GTM/Gov, Partnerships, and more,” Lightcap said in his message.“Among the most rewarding parts of this journey for me has been watching each of these teams mature under brilliant leaders,” he added.Executive departures continueLightcap also indicated that he plans to reveal more about his next venture in the coming months.“Over the last few months, I’ve been focused on the next horizon and what would stand in the way of mission success,” he said.“I believe there are a few important new things the world will need to get right as we enter this next period.

2 executive Fidji Simo, who led artificial general intelligence (AGI) development, announced that she would step down.

Other executives, including Bill Peebles, former head of the company’s discontinued video generator Sora, and Kevin Weil, vice president of its Science division, have also recently left the company.