Vercel's Next.js/React team lead joins OpenAI to work on Codex
Rasmic · x · 2026-09-05
feedthejim, who led the Next.js and React teams at Vercel for four years, is leaving to join OpenAI as an IC working on Codex, saying ChatGPT and Codex have completely changed how he builds. Rasmic quips that OpenAI's strategy is to hire Vercel employees.
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