OpenAI’s senior exec Srinivas Narayanan announces he is leaving; says: ‘Looking forward to spending some time with my aging parents in India before…’

ChatGPT maker OpenAI’s CTO for B2B applications, Srinivas Narayanan, has announced that he will leave the company next week after nearly three years. Based in San Francisco, Narayanan said he plans to spend time in India with his “aging parents” before deciding on his next professional move. He shared the update on the professional networking site LinkedIn, noting that he had informed OpenAI’s leadership team earlier this month about his decision. Narayanan initially joined the company as VP of Engineering and later took on the CTO role for B2B apps. Reflecting on his time at the company, he described his tenure as “three incredible years” at the AI company led by Sam Altman.

Read OpenAI exec Srinivas Narayanan’s full message about leaving his job

In his LinkedIn post, Narayanan wrote: “After 3 incredible years, l am leaving OpenAl at the end of next week.I shared my decision with the OpenAl leadership team at the start of the month and here is a shorter version of what I shared with my team earlier this week.ニニニHi Team,I have decided to leave OpenAl. The last three years have been an incredible journey that felt more like ten.Leading the b2b engineering team has been an enormous privilege.With the recent/upcoming product launches, this felt like the right time to step back. I will also fondly remember my prior role leading the Applied Engineering team, from when it was ~40 people on a single floor in the 575 office, when I first startedWe shipped some of the fastest-growing products in history, like ChatGPT and the API, with no real playbook to guide us. This was only possible because of the incredible team we built – you are the most passionate, dedicated, and hard-working colleagues I have ever worked with. You all have inspired me so much, and I’m so proud of what we have built together. I can’t thank you enough!I am so grateful to Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Fidji Simo and the rest of the OpenAl leadership for this opportunity of a lifetime.I will cherish this time forever during this historic period for technology and society, and I wish you all the very best for the future.I am looking forward to spending some much-needed time with my aging parents in India before deciding what’s next.Thanks again. It has been a privilege to be on this journey with you.===”