The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg report that Chris Malone, a “key executive” leading OpenAI’s massive build-out plans, left the company last week. The WSJ reports that Malone, who held similar roles at Meta and Google before joining OpenAI in early 2025, had previously reported directly to OpenAI president and cofounder Greg Brockman, but that changed earlier this year amid other reshuffling. [Link: It’s Greg Brockman’s OpenAI now | https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/982774/greg-brockman-openai-role-expansion | The Verge]

Chris Malone, OpenAI's head of data centers, has left the company amid a wave of executive departures as the AI giant prepares for a potential

OpenAI has confirmed that Chris Malone, its head of data centres, has left. According to the WSJ, others now lead a revived leasing effort.