Mira Murati, OpenAI's chief technology officer (CTO), announced her resignation from the Microsoft-backed company through an X post

She shared that she is leaving the organisation after spending six-and-a-half years there, adding that she came to the “difficult decision” after “much reflection.”

Why did she resign? According to her X post, she expressed her gratitude for “many individuals” and also thanked Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, for his “trust” in her.

As per Live Mint, she also has a Bachelor of Arts (AB) in Mathematics from Colby College and a Bachelor of Engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College.

She started her career as a “Summer Analyst” intern at Goldman Sachs. She then started working as an “Advanced Concepts Engineer” at Zodiac Aerospace before moving to Elon Musk’s Tesla as a “Senior Product Manager.”

She joined OpenAI in 2018 as VP of “Applied AI & Partnerships.” After a few years, she was promoted to CTO, a position she held for over two years. At OpenAI, she led product development, including GPT-4.