Inside OpenAI: Employees Describe a 'Mega Startup' Culture of Extreme Ownership
dkundel · x · 2026-09-04
OpenAI's thsottiaux describes the company's culture as a 'mega startup' with extreme ownership, care and pace. Former colleague reachvb echoes it: low-ego, mission-driven people with an insane bias for action — 'you can just do things.'
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