“After much reflection, I have made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI … I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration,”
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Mira Murati
Ermira "Mira" Murati is an Albanian-American business executive. She is a co-founder and chief executive of Thinking Machines Lab, an artificial intelligence company she launched in February 2025. She served as chief technology officer of OpenAI from May 2022 to September 2024 and, for three days in November 2023, as the company's interim chief executive during the brief removal of Sam Altman. She…
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business · Albanian-American business executive · chief executive officer · chief technology officer · mechanical engineer · researcher · software developer · also Mira Murati, Ermira Murati, Murati
Born 16 December 1988 · Q116706551
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2026· 8 entries
Public attention spiked: 4,047 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.4× the usual 1,191, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 5,343 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 1,191, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 4,191 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 1,191, with 2 article edits.
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“As with other revolutions that we've gone through, there will be new jobs and some jobs will be lost”
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“It started with math. When I was a kid, I just gravitated toward math. I would do problem sets all the time and then eventually did Olympiads and I loved doing that. It was such a passion.”
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“Artificial intelligence (AI) can be misused, or it can be used by bad actors. So then, there are questions about how you govern the use of this technology globally. How do you govern the use of AI in a way that is aligned with human values?”
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“Murati: It's not too early. Everyone needs to start getting involved, given the impact these technologies are going to have.”
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2024· 1 entry
Awarded honorary degree presented by Dartmouth College (2024).
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2023· 1 entry
The Quint rated the claim “The new interim of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) named Mira Murati is an Indian.” FALSE.
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2018· 1 entry
Joined OpenAI as vice president of applied AI and partnerships
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2012· 1 entry
Studied at Thayer School of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (2012).
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2011· 2 entries
As a summer analyst at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo, Japan
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And a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Dartmouth College in 2012
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2007· 1 entry
With an International Baccalaureate diploma
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1988· 1 entry
Born 1988-12-16.
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