OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap Departs After Building 700-Person Team
智东西 · wechat · 2026-08-12
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's COO and its first business hire, announced he is leaving to 'start something new,' hinting at a potential startup. Joining in 2018 to manage finances, he played a key role in scaling the company's go-to-market team from about 50 to over 700 employees following the success of ChatGPT. His departure adds to a recent wave of executive turnover at OpenAI as the company prepares for its anticipated IPO.
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