Two OpenAI executives announced their departures from the company on Friday, the latest in a series of leadership shakeups at the artificial intelligence startup.
Bill Peebles, who led OpenAI’s defunct short-form video app Sora, and Kevin Weil, the vice president of OpenAI for Science, shared the news about their exits in separate posts on X on Friday.
An OpenAI spokesperson said the company is decentralizing OpenAI for Science in an effort to bring its work closer to the teams that are building leading model capabilities, products and infrastructure.
The departures come just weeks after Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s product and business chief, announced she would take a medical leave because of a worsening neuroimmune condition. Kate Rouch, OpenAI’s marketing chief, also decided to step down to focus on her cancer recovery earlier this month, and Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s operating chief, transitioned to a new role focused on “special projects.”
Weil joined OpenAI in 2024 and served as the company’s chief product officer before launching OpenAI for Science the following year, which aimed to “build the next great scientific instrument: an AI-powered platform that accelerates scientific discovery,” according to a post on LinkedIn. He previously held leadership roles at Meta
