Brad Lightcap Leaves OpenAI to Start New Venture
Colleagues reply after he posted plans to start something new.
Brad Lightcap posted that he is leaving OpenAI to start something new. He joined the company in 2018 and helped build its operations, finance, legal, and partnerships teams during its growth from a research lab. Andrew Curran called the move big news. Alfred Lin, Jeff Huber, Suhail, and others replied with notes of thanks and congratulations on the run. Joanne Jang, Angela Jiang, and additional former staff also weighed in on the post. No details on the next project appear in the visible replies.
i shared the message below with the openai team this morning. these decisions are never easy, but the talent and mission orientation of the openai team make me more optimistic than ever. 🤍 ### Team, it is bittersweet to share that I’ll be moving on from OpenAI to start…
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Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_Big news. Brad Lightcap is leaving OpenAI to start 'something new.'
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AC Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_@bradlightcap All the best and good fortune to your new project.
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V( Vaibhav (VB) Srivastav@reach_vb@bradlightcap What an incredible run Brad! Excited for what's next! 🔥
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SG Shirin Ghaffary@shiringhaffaryNotable departure. Brad Lightcap is one of the most longstanding early execs still at OAI aside from Sam and Greg Brockman. He already had moved from a COO role to lead special projects in April, now says he's starting something new entirely.
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LR Lee Robinson@leerob@bradlightcap Incredible run. Congrats Brad! You made a positive dent in the universe for so many people.
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