"OpenAI had a year of high-profile departures. Over the summer, the ChatGPT creator lost at least seven researchers and scientists to Meta's billion-dollar effort to beef up its AI team at its Superintelligence Lab. This came after the company saw an exodus of top executives in 2024 amid a restructuring effort, including chief technology officer Mira Murati, chief research officer Bob McGrew, and vice president of research Barret Zoph. CEO Sam Altman is now one of only two active remaining members of the company's original 11-person founding team."
"Researchers lost to Meta Jason Wei Wei, a research scientist who worked on OpenAI's o1 and deep research models, left in July for Meta's Superintelligence Lab. Zhiqing Sun Sun, who left for Meta's Superintelligence Labs in July, was a research scientist at OpenAI. Hyung Won Chung Chung is part of the trio of OpenAI research scientists who departed for Meta's Superintelligence Lab in July. He posted on LinkedIn alongside his two colleagues that they are having "so much fun building from a clean slate with a truly talent-dense team." Jiahui Yu Yu is widely credited with leading the Perception team in OpenAI to develop the "senses" of a Large Language Model, including images, audio, and sensor readings. He departed for Meta's Superintelligence Lab in late June."
OpenAI experienced a wave of high-profile departures across 2024 and 2025, including researchers and senior executives. Over the summer of 2025, at least seven researchers and scientists left for Meta's Superintelligence Lab as part of Meta's billion-dollar hiring effort. In 2024, the company lost top executives during a restructuring, including CTO Mira Murati, chief research officer Bob McGrew, and VP of research Barret Zoph. The chief people officer and chief communications officer also departed. CEO Sam Altman remains one of two active members from the original 11-person founding team. Several departed researchers joined Meta, while a leading researcher left to found a startup aiming to build an AI scientist.
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