Technology Aug 20, 2026 · 1 min read

It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now

OpenAI has had a hell of a year. The company spent months battling former co-founder Elon Musk in a sensational jury trial, was hit with a high-profile trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced widespread scrutiny after an unreleased model hacked another AI company. As it prepares for an IPO, a st...

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The Verge
by Hayden Field
It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now
Graphic collage of Greg Brockman.

OpenAI has had a hell of a year. The company spent months battling former co-founder Elon Musk in a sensational jury trial, was hit with a high-profile trade secrets lawsuit from Apple, and faced widespread scrutiny after an unreleased model hacked another AI company. As it prepares for an IPO, a steady string of executives have departed, including some of the company's biggest names.

Throughout it all, one person has quietly amassed power: Greg Brockman.

Brockman is currently OpenAI's president and co-founder. He's helped lead OpenAI since its inception, described as an "engineering workhorse that pushed to build scaled-up systems that w …

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