OpenAI Names Former TML Staffer Zoph to Oversee Enterprise Push

Barret Zoph, the Thinking Machines Lab cofounder who rejoined OpenAI in a swirl of controversy last week, will lead the company’s push to sell AI products to businesses, as part of a broader reorganization across the company, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications Fidji Simo told staff on Wednesday.

Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s chief operating officer, will transition out of leading product and engineering for OpenAI’s business of selling to other enterprises but will continue to run OpenAI’s commercial functions, according to a copy of the memo seen by The Information.