OpenAI Hires Former DARPA Expert to Lead Bio-Resilience Efforts
woj_zaremba · x · 2026-08-01
OpenAI co-founder Wojciech Zaremba announced that Dan Wattendorf is joining the OpenAI Foundation as Head of Bio-Resilience. As AI capabilities advance, biology presents both extraordinary benefits and serious risks, prompting OpenAI to build preparatory institutions and technologies. Dan previously pioneered DARPA's early mRNA technology and led the Gates Foundation's Global Health Accelerator.
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