OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company

Wired AI Maxwell Zeff April 17, 2026

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# OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving A top executive at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is departing. Weil had previously worked at Instagram and was leading a research-focused project at OpenAI that the company has now decided to shut down and merge into another division.

The former Instagram VP is departing the ChatGPT-maker, which is folding the AI science application he led into Codex.

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