AI Agent · OpenAI · Google · Codex · ChatGPT · Greg Brockman · Wired
Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT’s Biggest Transformation
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OpenAI is in the midst of overhauling ChatGPT.
Key facts
- When ChatGPT launched in 2022, Sottiaux said he felt inspired to move to San Francisco and find a way to work for OpenAI
- He now reports directly to Greg Brockman, who is currently responsible for all of OpenAI’s product teams while Fidji Simo, the company’s CEO of AGI deployment, is on medical leave
- Sottiaux grew up in Belgium and studied applied mathematics before joining Google’s London offices in 2015, where he worked on Google Maps before moving over to Google DeepMind
- Sottiaux officially joined OpenAI in 2024 and initially focused on developing tools for the company’s own researchers, as he had at DeepMind
Summary
The all-in-one platform represents one of the biggest bets OpenAI has ever made, and one engineering leader now holds enormous sway over whether it pays off: Thibault Sottiaux. To make the super app a reality, OpenAI has already shuttered several of its stand-alone products, including its video app Sora and an AI platform for scientists. Sottiaux was instrumental in helping build out Codex, which has become one of OpenAI’s fastest-growing revenue streams. “It’s incredibly exciting and mildly terrifying at the same time,” Sottiaux said earlier this week.