OpenAI co-founder quits, to join rival Anthropic; CEO Sam Altman responds

John Schulman, a co-founder of OpenAI, announced his exit from the company on Tuesday (August 6). He is set to join OpenAI’s rival Anthropic.

In a post on social media platform X, Schulman said that he is making this move “to deepen his focus on AI alignment and return to hands-on technical work in a new chapter of his career”.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also commented on the post, showing his gratitude. He said, “Thank you for everything you’ve done for OpenAI!”