Meet Mira Murati, the engineer leading OpenAI after Sam Altman's ouster
Mira Murati has worked behind the scenes at OpenAI, overseeing the development and delivery of revolutionary products such as ChatGPT and DALL-E. Now she is stepping into the limelight as its interim CEO.
Murati, 34, was elevated to the top position at the high-profile company Friday when OpenAI's board of directors ousted Sam Altman, the company's co-founder and CEO. The company said that Murati had a «unique skill set» and would provide «a seamless transition while it conducts a formal search for a permanent CEO.»
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementVisitIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitIIM KozhikodeIIMK Senior Management ProgrammeVisit Although she has carried the title of chief technology officer since last year, current and former employees said Murati had been functioning as the company's head of operations. She made sure that its engineers developed versions of ChatGPT on schedule. She also handled the company's relationship with Microsoft, an investor and partner who has deployed OpenAI's technology, and she helped shape its artificial intelligence policy in Washington and Europe.
«She has a demonstrated ability to assemble teams with technical expertise, commercial acumen and a deep appreciation for the importance of mission,» Satya Nadella, Microsoft's CEO, wrote in a piece about her for Time magazine. «As a result, Mira has helped build some of the most exciting AI technologies we've ever seen.»
Born in Albania and educated in Canada, Murati is a mechanical engineer by training who built a hybrid race car as an undergraduate student at Dartmouth College. She
