OpenAI’s Ex-Chief Analysis Officer Joins Mira Murati’s AI Startup

OpenAI’s former chief analysis officer has joined Mira Murati’s AI startup, Enterprise Insider has discovered.

Bob McGrew was quietly added to Considering Machines Lab’s web site as an advisor, alongside former OpenAI researcher Alec Radford.

The precise timing of when McGrew joined Considering Machines Lab as an advisor is unclear, however a webpage archived on the Wayback Machine exhibits McGrew was talked about on the corporate’s website for the primary time final month.

McGrew joins a rising record of former OpenAI staffers who’ve taken up roles at Murati’s new firm. Considering Machine Lab lists 38 folks on its web site that make up its founding workforce.

An evaluation of their backgrounds by BI discovered that precisely half — 19 members — beforehand labored at OpenAI. Murati tapped OpenAI cofounder John Schulman as chief scientist, whereas the chief know-how officer is Barret Zoph, a co-creator of ChatGPT.

Murati’s startup emerged from stealth in February when she unveiled it to the world in an X publish, stating that its objective is to “advance AI by making it broadly helpful and comprehensible via strong foundations, open science, and sensible purposes.” BI reported in February that the startup was aiming to boost $1 billion at a roughly $9 billion valuation.

McGrew introduced his departure from OpenAI in an X publish final September, a day after Murati stated she was leaving, noting that he shared the identical message internally on the time. He described his eight years on the firm as an “awe-inspiring journey,” and stated it was time for him to take a break after he supported the analysis workforce’s transition over the next two months.

Considering Machine Lab, McGrew, and Radford did not instantly reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.

McGrew and Radford becoming a member of Considering Machine Lab was first reported by TechCrunch.