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Barret Zoph

Leaves Thinking Machines Lab for OpenAI · Jan 14, 2026 · News

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Excited to welcome Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz back to OpenAI!
TechCrunch , Jan 14, 2026

Barret Zoph's moves

JoinedAug 27, 2026Vice President of Researchfrom OpenAI · TechCrunchJoinedJan 14, 2026Co-founder and CTOfrom Thinking Machines Lab · TechCrunchLeftJan 14, 2026Co-founder and CTOTechCrunchJoinedFeb 18, 2025CTOfrom OpenAI · TechCrunchLeftSep 25, 2024VP of ResearchTechCrunch

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JoinedAug 28, 2026Sandhya Devanathan joins OpenAIHead of Southeast Asia and Australia, from Meta · TechCrunchLeftAug 25, 2026Chris Malone leaves OpenAIHead of Data Centers · TechCrunchLeftAug 13, 2026Denise Dresser leaves OpenAIChief Revenue Officer · TechCrunchJoinedAug 13, 2026Dali Rajic joins OpenAIChief Revenue Officer, from Wiz · TechCrunchLeftAug 11, 2026Brad Lightcap leaves OpenAILead, special projects · TechCrunchJoinedJul 29, 2026Lilian Weng joins OpenAILead, internal research acceleration team, from Thinking Machines Lab · TechCrunch
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CTO
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Jan 14, 2026 9 months ago
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