OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever leaves the company; here’s how Sam Altman reacted

On Tuesday Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI, said goodbye to the Microsoft-backed startup. His departure seems to have taken place months after there was a crisis in the leadership involving the abrupt ouster of OpenAI’s co-founder and CEO Sam Altman.

Sutskever did not disclose details about his next project but mentioned it is personally meaningful to him in a post on X. In the post he said, “After almost a decade, I have made the decision to leave OpenAI. The company’s trajectory has been nothing short of miraculous, and I’m confident that OpenAI will build AGI that is both safe and beneficial.”