3.5 Years Is Among Longest Tenures at OpenAI, Highlighting Brutal Turnover

ben_j_todd · x · 2026-10-04

A departing OpenAI employee with 3.5 years at the company described themselves as "among the longest-tenured employees." Ben Todd notes OpenAI was founded 11 years ago, calling the churn "brutal turnover" — a striking reflection of how fast staff cycles through the frontier AI lab.

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