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SubscribeThomas Dimson
ex-OpenAI
Left OpenAI → building something new
Member of Technical Staff, SoraOpenAI (former)
Left OpenAI May 2026; building something new.
Sachin Katti
OpenAI
Leaving OpenAI Nov 15 to build
Infrastructure and compute leadOpenAI
Leaving OpenAI Nov 15 to build something new.
Barret Zoph
Google DeepMind
VP of Research, Google DeepMind
VP of ResearchGoogle DeepMind
Joined Google DeepMind as VP of Research, Aug 2026.
Harsh Mehta
Mirendil
Ex-Anthropic → co-founded Mirendil
Co-founderMirendil
Left Anthropic; co-founded Mirendil, Mar 2026.
Matthew Barnett
Google
Mechanize co-founder → Google
Senior Staff Software EngineerGoogle
Joined Google from Mechanize, Aug 2026.
Ian Silber
ex-OpenAI
Left OpenAI → building something new
Head of Product DesignOpenAI (former)
Left OpenAI Sept 2026; building something new.
JSN
ex-Visa
Led design for Visa agentic commerce
Founding design lead, Visa agentic commerceVisa (former)
Most recently led design for Visa agentic commerce.
Benji Taylor
SpaceX
Head of Design, X and SpaceXSI
Head of Design for X and SpaceXSISpaceX
Head of Design, X and SpaceXSI at SpaceX.
Gavin Nelson
OpenAI
OpenAI design · ChatGPT Voice
Member of Design StaffOpenAI
At OpenAI since Feb 2026 (ChatGPT Voice).
Evil Rabbit
Vercel
Vercel’s founding designer, since 2016
Founding Designer, Head of DesignVercel
Founding designer at Vercel since 2016.
Aleksander Madry
ex-OpenAI
Left OpenAI → AI economics projects
Former Head of PreparednessOpenAI (former)
Left OpenAI May 2026; building on AI economics.
Thore Graepel
Metis Reasoning
Left DeepMind → founded Metis
FounderMetis Reasoning
Left DeepMind to launch Metis Reasoning, Sept 2026.
Danijar Hafner
Embo
Co-founded Embo, world-model agents
Co-founderEmbo
Co-founded Embo, world-model agents, 2026.
Oriol Vinyals
Discovery Loop (reported)
Reported co-founder, Discovery Loop
Co-founderDiscovery Loop
Reported co-founder of Discovery Loop, 2026.
Behnam Neyshabur
Mirendil
Ex-Anthropic → co-founded Mirendil
Co-founderMirendil
Left Anthropic; co-founded Mirendil, Mar 2026.
Kevin Weil
ex-OpenAI
Ex-OpenAI CPO; raising for AI science
Former Chief Product OfficerOpenAI (former)
Left OpenAI; reported AI-science startup, Aug 2026.
Fidji Simo
OpenAI
Stepped back; now advises OpenAI
Former CEO of ApplicationsOpenAI
Stepped back July 2026; part-time OpenAI advisor.
Mike Krieger
Anthropic Labs
Ex-CPO → co-leads Anthropic Labs
Co-lead, Labs (former CPO)Anthropic
Now co-leads Anthropic Labs (former CPO).
Tom Vieira
ex-Base
Ex-Base product lead → Run up the Sky
Former product leadBase (former)
Left Base product lead; building Run up the Sky.
Alison Harmon
ex-OpenAI
Left OpenAI after ~3 years in growth
Growth & GTM leaderOpenAI (former)
Wrapped up at OpenAI May 2026 after ~3 years.
Kate Rouch
ex-OpenAI
Stepped down as OpenAI CMO
Chief Marketing OfficerOpenAI (former)
Stepped down as OpenAI CMO, Apr 2026.
Brad Lightcap
OpenAI
Leaving OpenAI to start something new
Former COO, then special projectsOpenAI (former)
Leaving OpenAI to start something new (Aug 2026).
Joshua Kim
SpaceXAI
Cursor → SpaceXAI growth
Growth Marketing leadSpaceXAI
At SpaceXAI since Aug 2026; ex-Cursor Head of Growth Marketing.
Sarah Khogyani Wolf
Anthropic
Base → Anthropic startup marketing
Startup Marketing LeadAnthropic
Left Base Apr 2026; now at Anthropic.