Meet the OpenAI Engineer Leading ChatGPT's Biggest Transformation Yet
Key takeaways
- The all-in-one platform represents one of the biggest bets Open AI 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.
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Photo-Illustration: WIRED Staff; Courtesy of Open AIComment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Open AI is in the midst of overhauling Chat GPT. The goal is to transform the chatbot’s simple interface into a personalized AI agent that can handle tasks in every facet of your personal and professional life. The company has taken to calling this new product, privately and publicly, a “super app.”
The all-in-one platform represents one of the biggest bets Open AI has ever made, and one engineering leader now holds enormous sway over whether it pays off: Thibault Sottiaux. Last month, Sottiaux was appointed OpenAI’s head of core products, overseeing both ChatGPT and Codex, as well as combining them into the future super app.
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. Many of the executives who led those teams have since left the company, while Sottiaux’s influence inside OpenAI has continued to grow. 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.