TechCrunch wrote that more than a dozen executives have left office since this year, including Sam Altman ' s core deputy, CEO, CEO, CEO, and several research and infrastructure managers. According to the article, this round of personnel changes was related to company restructuring, cost control and market readiness.

The infrastructure team is adjusting.

The latest example is Chris Malone, head of the data centre. The report mentions that he joined OpenAI in March 2024 and left last week. OpenAI said to TechCrunch that the change was due to the restructuring of the infrastructure team. The team is currently headed by Vice-President Sachin Katti and reports to President Greg Brockman.

According to the article, this adjustment is of interest because the input of power has been an important advantage of OpenAI over opponents such as Anthropic. The senior management responsible for the data centre left at this time, indicating that the internal authority and responsibility structure of the company is still changing.

Brockman's influence is up.

TechCrunch argues that OpenAI has not explained in detail the broader changes in personnel, but in the light of recent adjustments, Greg Brockman is re-energizing his management role. As co-founder and CEO, he was involved in the OpenAI infrastructure at an early stage, but in 2019 Sam Altman became CEO and no longer assumed most of his management responsibilities.

The article mentioned that Brockman had previously had both technical contributions within the company and had been at the centre of friction management. In 2023, the internal power structure of the company continued to adjust following the short dismissal of Altman by the OpenAI Board. In 2024, Brockman took a short leave and returned to the company.

IPO pressure is background

According to the article, OpenAI ' s current changes in personnel and organization are difficult to look at from the listing process. In June this year, OpenAI indicated that listed documents had been submitted confidentially to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. When entering the open market, companies will have access to new sources of financing, but will also face higher information disclosure requirements.

TechCrunch mentioned that Anthropic was also preparing to be listed and was reported to have made a profit; in contrast, OpenAI ' s revenue was increasing, but losses were also increasing. According to this article, OpenAI may be compressing costs, cutting down projects with lower returns and shifting resources to more direct revenue operations.

  • Since this year, OpenAi has left a dozen executives.
  • June company claims to have submitted IPO-related documents in secret
  • The head of the data centre, Chris Malone, left last week.

Reorganization shift to revenue and efficiency

According to the article, Altman had recently publicly stated that the company had not been easy over the past 12 months, which was largely in line with the current direction of reorganization. TechCrunch judges that OpenAI may, after submitting an IPO document, begin to adapt the organization more systematically to increase income capacity and reduce the cost burden.

It was also mentioned that it was not uncommon for a technology company to move from a founding team to a management structure that placed greater emphasis on commercialization and operational efficiency before listing. OpenAI has introduced a number of senior executives with mature commercialization experience in the past, and as these people leave, the role of Brockman may rise again and assume greater responsibility before the company is listed.