OpenAI disbands stand-alone robotics team as general models start running robots
coherence · x · 2026-11-14
Per a Fortune exclusive, OpenAI has disbanded its stand-alone robotics team and reassigned its researchers to other groups. The company confirmed the reorg, framing it as an effort to accelerate robotics progress rather than abandon it, and said robotics remains core to its long-term vision.
The strategic logic: OpenAI wants its general-purpose models to directly control robots, including humanoids. Researchers connecting GPT-6 Astra to robots reported surprisingly strong performance on robotic tasks, which presumably reduced the case for a dedicated team.
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