John Schulman
Joins Thinking Machines Lab as Chief Scientist · Feb 18, 2025 · News
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Anthropic
Why, in the source's words
Murati is heading up Thinking Machines Lab as CEO. OpenAI co-founder John Schulman is the company’s chief scientist, and Barret Zoph , who led model post-training at OpenAI, is the CTO.
John Schulman's moves
| Date | From and to | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2025 | AppointedScientist | Scientist | |
| Feb 6, 2025 | AnthropicNext role not stated | Other | |
| Aug 10, 2024 | PoachedOther | Other |
Also at these companies
| Date | Person | From and to | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | Lilian WengPoachedThinking Machines Lab OpenAIOther | Other | ||
| Apr 24, 2026 | Weiyao WangPoached MetaThinking Machines LabOther | Other | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Barret ZophDepartedThinking Machines LabOpenAICTO | CTO | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Barret ZophAppointedThinking Machines LabOpenAIOther | Other | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Luke MetzAppointedThinking Machines LabOpenAIOther | Other | ||
| Jan 14, 2026 | Sam SchoenholzAppointedThinking Machines LabOpenAIOther | Other |
About this move
- Type
- Appointed
- Role
- Scientist
- Announced
- Feb 18, 2025
- Effective
- Not stated
- Source
- TechCrunch
- Checked
- Found by the daily agent, approved by hand
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