Leadership

3 entries between November 2023 and August 2026, 1 turning point.

Turning points

  1. OpenAI’s board fires Sam Altman and reinstates him five days later

    OpenAI’s board removed Sam Altman as chief executive on 17 November 2023, saying it no longer had confidence in his leadership, and named Mira Murati interim chief executive. After nearly all staff threatened to resign and Microsoft pressed, Altman was back on 22 November.

Every entry

  1. Anthropic names Tino Cuéllar its first global affairs officer

    Anthropic said on 4 August 2026 that Mariano-Florentino (Tino) Cuéllar, a former California Supreme Court justice and outgoing president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, would become its first chief global affairs officer, reporting to president Daniela Amodei.

  2. Mira Murati leaves OpenAI

    OpenAI’s chief technology officer Mira Murati said on 25 September 2024 that she was leaving after six and a half years, wanting “the time and space to do my own exploration.” Chief research officer Bob McGrew and research vice president Barret Zoph left the same week.

  3. OpenAI’s board fires Sam Altman and reinstates him five days later

    OpenAI’s board removed Sam Altman as chief executive on 17 November 2023, saying it no longer had confidence in his leadership, and named Mira Murati interim chief executive. After nearly all staff threatened to resign and Microsoft pressed, Altman was back on 22 November.