OpenAI's org chart is bleeding execs, even as it eyes an IPO
More than a dozen OpenAI executives, including its COO, CRO, CMO and Sam Altman's top deputy, have quit since January, with the head of data centers, Chris Malone, the latest to go. OpenAI blames reorgs and health issues, but the pattern points to Greg Brockman reasserting control after years sidelined post-2019, all while the company confidentially files for an IPO and races Anthropic to Wall Street with ballooning losses instead of profits.
Nothing says 'we're thriving' like your entire leadership team quietly updating their LinkedIn.
Why it matters
OpenAI's edge over rivals is its infrastructure and talent, both of which look shakier by the week. Losing the exec running its data centers, right as it preps to show investors its books, is the kind of instability that spooks IPO markets before they even open.