Erik Torenberg publishes 'People to watch 25 and under' list heavy on ex-OpenAI talent
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-10-25
Investor Erik Torenberg published his 'People to watch 25 and under' list on Cosign, featuring 14 young builders, most with OpenAI backgrounds or active startups:
- Will DePue: AI researcher/engineer, ex-OpenAI (Sora, post-training, sample-efficient learning)
- Henry Williams: Special projects at OpenAI Strategic Futures
- Sara Du: Founder of Ando; Alloy Automation cofounder
- Anson Yu: Co-founder of Normal
- Amir Fischer: Founder of Noar Ventures; host of Generating Alpha
- Riley Walz: Engineer and internet artist at Core Automation, formerly OpenAI
- Hannah Gao: Working on memory and personalization at OpenAI; Stanford math/CS student
- Adit: Co-founder and CEO of Reducto
- Verda Korzeniewski: Robotics engineer and community organizer
- Theo Jaffee / Sofia Puccini: MTS co-founder and host
- Thijs Simonian: Stanford CS student, formerly OpenAI Robotics
- Philip Bogdanov: Building Align, ex-OpenAI special projects
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