Private company

OpenAI

American artificial intelligence research organization.¹

Last updated Oct 18, 2026.

Overview

Dec 8, 2015Founded¹

Industryartificial intelligence¹
HeadquartersSan Francisco¹
Founded inSan Francisco¹
Websiteopenai.com

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Leadership

Who has led OpenAI, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

Chair

20202025

FounderAndrej Karpathy¹
FounderDiederik P. Kingma¹
FounderElon Musk¹
FounderGreg Brockman¹
FounderIlya Sutskever¹
FounderJohn Schulman¹
FounderPamela Vagata¹
FounderSam Altman¹
FounderTrevor Blackwell¹
FounderVicki Cheung¹
FounderWojciech Zaremba¹
Chief executive officerMira Murati Nov 17, 2023 to Nov 19, 2023¹
Chief executive officerEmmett Shear Nov 19, 2023 to Nov 21, 2023¹
Chief executive officerSam Altman Nov 22, 2023 to now¹
Chief executive officerSam Altman Mar 2019 to Nov 17, 2023¹
Chief executive officerSam Altman 2018 to Nov 17, 2023¹
ChairBret Taylor Nov 2023 to now¹
ChairGreg Brockman 2015 to Nov 17, 2023¹

Board members and other officers (20)

Chief technology officerMira Murati May 2022 to Sep 2024¹
Chief scientific officerIlya Sutskever Jan 2016 to May 14, 2024¹
Chief technology officerGreg Brockman 2015 to Nov 17, 2023¹
Vice President of ResearchDario Amodei until Dec 2020¹
Board memberBret Taylor Nov 22, 2023 to now¹
Board memberLawrence Summers Nov 22, 2023 to now¹
Board memberHelen Toner 2021 to Nov 22, 2023¹
Board memberTasha McCauley 2021 to Nov 22, 2023¹
Board memberWill Hurd May 2021 to May 31, 2023¹
Board memberSam Altman 2019 to now¹
Board memberAdam D'Angelo¹
Board memberAdebayo O. Ogunlesi¹
Board memberGreg Brockman until 2023¹
Board memberIlya Sutskever until 2023¹
Board memberNicole Seligman¹
Board memberPaul M. Nakasone¹
Board memberReid Hoffman until 2023¹
Board memberShivon Zilis until Feb 25, 2023¹
Board memberSusan Desmond-Hellmann¹
Board memberZico Kolter¹

Timeline

Nov 22, 2023New chief executive Sam Altman becomes CEO¹
Nov 19, 2023New chief executive Emmett Shear becomes CEO¹
Nov 17, 2023New chief executive Mira Murati becomes CEO¹
2018New chief executive Sam Altman becomes CEO¹
Dec 8, 2015Founded Founded in San Francisco¹

Sources

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WikidataOpenAI on Wikidata