Greg Brockman is a co-founder of OpenAI working on artificial general intelligence.
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OpenAI's conversion to a Public Benefit Corporation with uncapped investor profit shares represents a massive value transfer (potentially hundreds of billions) from its nonprofit foundation, constituting potentially the largest theft in human history.
“Quoted regarding OpenAI's previous profit cap philosophy about returning value to the world”
OpenAI and Broadcom announced a multi-year strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of custom-designed AI accelerators and networking systems, with deployments beginning in H2 2026.
“Co-founder and President of OpenAI explaining how custom chips embed learnings from frontier models.”
AI data center investment accounts for 92% of US GDP growth in the first half of 2025, with the broader economy growing at only 0.1% without this spending, indicating potential economic stagnation masked by a capital-intensive AI compute arms race.
“President stating concern about failing due to too little compute rather than too much”
OpenAI and AMD announced a 6 gigawatt multi-year, multi-generation compute partnership, with initial 1 gigawatt AMD Instinct MI450 deployment beginning in H2 2026, including warrants for up to 160 million AMD shares vesting on milestone achievements.
“OpenAI co-founder and President emphasizing deep collaboration across the tech stack.”
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“OpenAI president who gave $25 million to Leading the Future PAC, later withheld second donation.”
“OpenAI president and surrogatespokesman who has become a key public figure in industry policy discussions.”
“OpenAI executive praised by Sam Altman for his intensity, productivity, dedication, and focus on succeeding at the mission.”
“OpenAI president and co-founder announcing expanded partnership with Oracle to bring frontier AI into enterprise operations.”
“Greg Brockman announced three major AI-assisted scientific discoveries in mathematics, computer science, and physics.”
“Gates references Brockman's statement that OpenAI thinks AGI is here, representing the industry's AI capability claims.”
“Greg Brockman reiterated the two-month coordination period for PHP2Shell remediation.”
“Mentioned in connection with Uber's rollout of ChatGPT Work powered by OpenAI models.”
“Raises possibility of mass campaign where government defenders hack servers to patch vulnerable systems.”
“OpenAI president who along with his wife donated $25M to Leading the Future, a group fighting AI regulations in 48+ congressional races; OpenAI said it was personal.”
“Listed as backer of pro-AI super PAC network Leading the Future along with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz.”
“Pulled a $25m donation to pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future following backlash from OpenAI staff over the PAC's political activities.”
“Claimed that GPT-6 Astra marks the start of the AGI era.”
“Backed out of second half of $50 million commitment to anti-regulation super PAC after internal employee criticism.”
“Stated that OpenAI is using its most advanced technology to improve systems that power AI, including partnership with Synopsys for chip design.”
“OpenAI executive, signatory to Trump's Joint Commitment on Frontier Responsibilities safety accord.”
“Signed one-page AI safety pledge committing to four-layer safety protocols with other tech leaders.”
“Replied 'Ah, nice' when informed about a hack to get around NYT paywall crawlers; wrote he was 'deeply motivated by gazillions'.”
“President of OpenAI who welcomed the AGI era with GPT-6 Astra release.”
“OpenAI executive who described the 'defenders window' concept in frontier AI policy discussion, mentioned in OpenAI's policy statement.”
“Trained a virtual fly neural model to navigate and drive autonomously in simulations.”
“OpenAI co-founder who is a donor to the pro-industry super PAC network Leading the Future.”
“Commented on chief scientist Pachocki's essay about AI development pace and emphasized OpenAI's commitment to responsible deployment with integrated safety and research.”
“OpenAI president who closed the Astra launch briefing on September 3 by welcoming attendees to the AGI era.”
“Called GPT-6 Astra the arrival of AGI during a call with reporters.”
“Presented GPT-6 Astra as marking the onset of AGI era and discussed model capabilities and enterprise applications.”
“Tweeted that Dime device rumors were fake news and denied OpenAI affiliation with the hardware.”
“Announced Daybreak for Frontline Defenders, a $1 billion initiative to subsidize access to cyber AI models for critical infrastructure defenders.”
“Co-funds Build American AI super PAC that launched multimillion-dollar ad campaign defending data centers.”
“Said the goal is 'the best price for any level of target performance' and the highest possible ceiling for GPT-5.6.”
“Brockman acknowledged that OpenAI underestimated the real-world cyber capabilities of its AI models.”
“President and co-founder who has assumed responsibility for product and business operations and admitted the company underestimated AI models' real-world cyber capabilities.”
“Co-founder and president of OpenAI who oversees product and business operations; described as running much of OpenAI operations.”
“Thibault Sottiaux's manager at OpenAI; oversees core products including API and agent infrastructure.”
“Originally had Chris Malone's data center team reporting to him before reorganization; commented on scrutiny of company departures.”
“OpenAI President Greg Brockman brushed off concerns about executive departures, saying the wave of exits is not atypical for the company.”
“Emphasized that confidence in safety will increasingly set the pace of frontier scaling.”
“Brushed off concerns about executive departures and stated turnover is not atypical for the company.”
“Stated on CNBC that compute is a fundamental resource and the new oil of the AI age, discussing OpenAI's data center strategy.”
“Co-founder and president of OpenAI providing statement about executive changes and new CRO appointment ahead of IPO.”
“OpenAI co-founder and second-in-command who was part of a secret pact with Altman and had a diary suggesting mixed priorities around money and non-profit principles.”
“OpenAI President quoted announcing Dali Rajic as new Chief Revenue Officer and Denise Dresser's departure.”
“Discussed AI replicating teacher experiences like making students feel understood and inspired, via 2023 podcast.”
“OpenAI co-founder and president who took over Fidji Simo's responsibilities; his wife has POTS.”
“Said OpenAI believes in broad access to AI and democratizing AI usage, and has not been involved in conversations about banning Chinese models.”
“Backing innovation-first AI policy through Leading the Future super PAC rather than stricter safety regulations.”
“Launched campaign offering $100 Sol credits for 10,000 public reviews to drive ChatGPT Work adoption.”
“Backed Leading the Future super PAC opposing onerous AI regulations.”
“Hired Abhishek Bhardwaj to work on Agent Infrastructure at OpenAI based on his work on Arrakis.”
“Mentioned in Apple's lawsuit and Elon Musk trial regarding alleged agreements about running OpenAI as nonprofit.”
“OpenAI co-founder who took over product responsibilities and now oversees ChatGPT product business, go-to-market teams, enterprise teams and compute initiatives.”
“Taking on product and business responsibilities following Fidji Simo's transition to advisory role.”
“OpenAI co-founder who donated to Leading the Future PAC supporting AI regulation policy efforts.”
“Discussed vision of invisible AI interfaces and admission that ChatGPT Plugins failed due to model limitations.”
“Announced OpenAI and Broadcom's Jalapeño AI chip, highlighting performance improvements and use of AI to design the chip.”
“Co-founder of OpenAI; accused by Musk of breaching charitable trust by allegedly jettisoning the nonprofit's founding mission.”
“OpenAI President whose stake in the company is worth approximately $30 billion, as disclosed in testimony during OpenAI's trial against Elon Musk.”
“OpenAI President involved in IPO preparations and litigation with Elon Musk.”
“Summarized Codex CLI 0.128.0 release with /goal feature on X as having built-in Ralph loop functionality.”
“President of OpenAI named in Elon Musk's lawsuit alleging OpenAI went back on its vow to remain a nonprofit.”
“President of OpenAI named in Elon Musk's lawsuit as a co-founder; jury ruled against Musk's claims.”
“OpenAI president posted recommendation to 'run codex on every commit' as default for software engineering teams.”
“Named defendant in Musk's lawsuit; jury found he did not unjustly enrich himself.”
“OpenAI President sued by Elon Musk for breach of charitable trust; lawsuit dismissed on statute of limitations grounds.”
“Co-founder and defendant in Elon Musk's lawsuit alleging breach of charitable trust.”
“Defendant alongside Sam Altman in Elon Musk lawsuit over alleged misuse of donations and breach of OpenAI's founding mission.”
“OpenAI President whose equity stake is valued at approximately $30 billion according to court testimony.”
“Listed as angel investor in Cerebras Systems.”
“Named as defendant in Elon Musk's lawsuit regarding OpenAI's shift from nonprofit to for-profit structure.”
“OpenAI co-founder who called GPT-5.5 (codenamed Spud) 'a new class of intelligence' and praised its efficiency improvements.”
“Defendant in Elon Musk's lawsuit and expected to testify regarding OpenAI's shift from non-profit to for-profit structure.”
“Early investor in Netomi through the company's initial investments from AI pioneers.”
“Co-defendant in Musk lawsuit alongside Sam Altman; accused of reneging on promises to keep OpenAI a nonprofit.”
“Defendant in lawsuit alongside Sam Altman and Microsoft over OpenAI's structural transformation.”
“Defendant in Musk's lawsuit alongside Altman; accused of betraying OpenAI's nonprofit mission.”
“Discussed GPT-5.5 as a step toward creating agentic computing and OpenAI's 'super app' vision.”
“OpenAI cofounder appearing on first joint podcast with fellow founders addressing company controversies and leadership challenges.”
“Greg Brockman stepped in to oversee product operations after Fidji Simo's medical leave.”
“Congratulated First Proof initiative on social media while OpenAI competed to solve the problems.”
“Co-founder and President of OpenAI, named in Musk's lawsuit seeking removal as officer from the company.”
“Has donated millions to President Donald Trump and is involved in OpenAI's policy proposals for the AI economy.”
“Has donated millions to President Donald Trump and is involved in OpenAI's policy proposals for the AI economy.”
“Will manage product while CEO of AGI Development Fidji Simo is on medical leave.”
“Supporting Fidji Simo in leading OpenAI's consolidation of ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas into a unified desktop superapp.”
“Assisting with product design and guiding the superapp team through technical and structural changes.”
“Temporarily leading the consolidation effort to merge ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas into a unified desktop application.”
“Assisting Fidji Simo in overseeing OpenAI's super app combining ChatGPT, Codex, and Atlas browser.”
“Assisting Fidji Simo in overseeing the creation of OpenAI's desktop super app to streamline user experience.”
“Predicted that AI will allow small teams to match the output of large ones if they can afford the compute, and noted that institutions will change.”
An elaborate multi-platform hoax involving a fake leaked OpenAI Super Bowl advertisement featuring hardware and celebrity endorsement was debunked by OpenAI executives, using fake Reddit accounts, fabricated emails, and fraudulent websites.
“Commented on X calling a fake OpenAI Super Bowl ad story 'fake news'.”
Andrej Karpathy argues the 'decade of agents' is more accurate than 2025 being the 'year of agents,' citing insufficient groundwork in intelligence and context handling, with AI agent adoption likely peaking in impact by 2027-2028.
“Declared 2025 as the 'year of agents', contrary to Andrej Karpathy's view that it's the decade of agents.”
“OpenAI President discussed the company's use of its own models to accelerate chip design and improve efficiency.”
OpenAI and NVIDIA announced a $100 billion strategic partnership to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA GPU systems for OpenAI's next-generation AI infrastructure, with the first gigawatt coming online in the second half of 2026.
“Discussed OpenAI's long-standing partnership with NVIDIA and plans to deploy 10 gigawatts of compute to push back the frontier of intelligence.”
OpenAI and AMD reached a strategic deal valued at billions where OpenAI will deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs and can acquire up to 10% stake in AMD, with stock surging 23% on the announcement.
“Stated that OpenAI's partnership with AMD is core to their mission to scale AI to reach all of humanity.”
“Listed in special thanks for Sora project at OpenAI.”
NVIDIA and OpenAI announced a landmark strategic partnership with NVIDIA committing up to $100 billion in investment to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI infrastructure for OpenAI's next-generation models, with initial deployment targeted for late 2026.
“Expressed excitement about deploying 10 gigawatts of compute with NVIDIA to push back the frontier of intelligence.”