By Reuters | Updated: November 13, 2024
Nov 12 (Reuters) – OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman has returned to the artificial intelligence startup three months after taking a leave from his role as president, he said in a post on X on Tuesday.
An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed Brockman’s return.
Brockman has been working with CEO Sam Altman on creating a new role for him to focus on significant technical challenges, Bloomberg News said, which first reported on the development.
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He posted on X, “longest vacation of my life complete. back to building @OpenAI.”
His return to OpenAI comes after a series of departures at the Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O), opens new tab company, including its former Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, co-founder John Schulman and co-founder Ilya Sutskever. Sutskever and Murati have now founded their own AI startups.
Altman also returned to the helm of OpenAI in November 2023, after a brief, tumultuous period following his ouster by the company’s board, which had given scant explanation for firing him.
