OpenAI just lost 16 executives in 8 months. The data center head lasted 17 months.

OpenAI's executive team is evaporating.

Since January, more than a dozen senior leaders have walked out the door.

The COO. The CRO. The CMO. The CEO's top deputy. The data center head who joined in March 2025 and left last week.

That last one should terrify you if you're building on OpenAI's platform.

Chris Malone was responsible for the physical infrastructure that makes OpenAI's models run. He left after a "reorganization" that pushed him several rungs down the ladder. OpenAI told TechCrunch the infrastructure team now reports to VP Sachin Katti, who reports to Greg Brockman.

This isn't a normal executive shuffle. This is a company preparing for an IPO while its losses grow alongside its revenue. Anthropic is reportedly profitable. OpenAI is reportedly not.

Brockman is consolidating control. Infrastructure and product teams now report directly to him. "Everyone reports to Greg at the end of the day," one executive told TechCrunch.

If you're an enterprise with OpenAI contracts, your vendor's leadership structure just changed. Again. Audit your dependency chain today.

The executives who knew your deployment, your use case, your compliance requirements — they're gone. The new leadership is focused on revenue, IPO timelines, and cost cuts. Not your SLA.

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OpenAI's executive team is evaporating.

Since January, more than a dozen senior leaders have walked out the door.

The COO. The CRO. The CMO. The CEO's top deputy. The data center head who joined in March 2025 and left last week.

That last one should terrify you if you're building on OpenAI's platform.

Chris Malone was responsible for the physical infrastructure that makes OpenAI's models run. He left after a "reorganization" that pushed him several rungs down the ladder. OpenAI told TechCrunch the infrastructure team now reports to VP Sachin Katti, who reports to Greg Brockman.

This isn't a normal executive shuffle. This is a company preparing for an IPO while its losses grow alongside its revenue. Anthropic is reportedly profitable. OpenAI is reportedly not.

Brockman is consolidating control. Infrastructure and product teams now report directly to him. "Everyone reports to Greg at the end of the day," one executive told TechCrunch.

If you're an enterprise with OpenAI contracts, your vendor's leadership structure just changed. Again. Audit your dependency chain today.

The executives who knew your deployment, your use case, your compliance requirements — they're gone. The new leadership is focused on revenue, IPO timelines, and cost cuts. Not your SLA.