Srinivas Narayanan Steps Down as OpenAI CTO, Plans Return to India
Who is Srinivas Narayanan? Indian-origin OpenAI CTO quits after 3 years, plans return to India
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Srinivas Narayanan, the Indian-origin Chief Technology Officer for B2B Applications at OpenAI, has announced his resignation after three years. He plans to return to India to spend time with his family before deciding on his next steps.
- 01Srinivas Narayanan is resigning from his role as CTO at OpenAI after three years.
- 02He described his tenure at OpenAI as an incredible journey, highlighting significant product launches.
- 03Narayanan plans to return to India to spend time with his aging parents.
- 04He has a strong background in technology, with degrees from IIT Madras and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- 05Narayanan previously held leadership roles at IBM, Tavant Technologies, and Meta.
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Srinivas Narayanan, an Indian-origin technology leader, has announced his resignation from his position as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for B2B Applications at OpenAI, effective next week. In a post on X, he reflected on his three years at OpenAI, stating that it felt like an incredible journey. Narayanan expressed gratitude to the company's leadership, including CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman, for the opportunity to lead the B2B engineering team and contribute to significant product launches like ChatGPT. Looking ahead, he plans to return to India to spend time with his family, particularly his aging parents, before determining his next career steps. Narayanan holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and a Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He has previously held roles at IBM, Tavant Technologies, and Meta, where he spent over a decade leading engineering initiatives.
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Narayanan's departure may influence OpenAI's ongoing projects and leadership dynamics, especially in the B2B sector.
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