Former Chief Technology Officer of OpenAI, where she led work on ChatGPT, DALL-E and GPT-4, and briefly served as interim CEO in 2023. She left in 2024 and founded Thinking Machines Lab in 2025.
Argues models should be released publicly in stages so society can adapt while systems are still relatively weak.
Founded Thinking Machines Lab around multiplayer, collaborative AI and published research openness rather than a single chatbot product.
Has said publicly that some creative and knowledge jobs "maybe shouldn't have been there in the first place" — a claim that drew significant criticism.
Accomplishments
CTO of OpenAI through the launches of ChatGPT, DALL-E, Codex and GPT-4; interim CEO during the November 2023 board crisis.
Founded Thinking Machines Lab in February 2025, which raised one of the largest seed rounds on record.
Earlier engineering roles at Tesla (Model X) and the AR company Leap Motion.
Papers & key writings
No first-author research papers in the public record. Her positions are set out in interviews, congressional testimony and Thinking Machines Lab's research blog.
