Overview
- Srinivas Narayanan said he will leave OpenAI at the end of next week after nearly three years, planning time in India with his aging parents before choosing his next role.
- He told colleagues he informed OpenAI’s leadership at the start of the month and said recent and upcoming product launches made this a natural point to step back.
- OpenAI has not announced who will take over the B2B applications post that steers enterprise and developer products used by millions.
- His departure adds to recent senior turnover reported at the company, including exits by Kevin Weil and Bill Peebles.
- Narayanan helped ship and scale ChatGPT and the OpenAI API, so his exit raises practical questions for customers who depend on those platforms for core workflows.