Comment by thereitgoes456 2 days ago
The reportings at the time said that he was Mark’s 5th choice or similar. It is fairly clear he would prefer Ilya, Murati, Mark Chen, and perhaps others, but they said no, and Alex Wang was the first one to say yes.
> was not functionally CTO of OpenAI.
Why do you say that?
Her history was entirely non technical up until openAI.
I think that's total BS, based on this article about her, https://fortune.com/2025/10/03/mira-murati-career-ai-thinkin...
1. She has 2 BAs, one in math and one in mechanical engineering.
2. She was an "Advanced Concepts Engineer at Zodiac Aerospace from 2012 to 2013".
3. She was a product manager at Tesla on the Model X
4. She was VP of product and engineering at Leap Motion.
Going from that fact that she wasn't a deep learning researcher to "her history was entirely non technical up until Open AI" is plain false. And plus, the job of CTO is 90%+ people management, and she appears more than smart enough and experienced enough to evaluate technical decisions of her team.
Pretty ironic when access to trade secrets and people skills is seen as more important in a technical field than technical competence.
Why in the world would he want Murati? She has absolutely no technical chops and was not functionally CTO of OpenAI.