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00:03OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap announced his departure Tuesday
00:06after more than eight years at the artificial intelligence company, according to CNBC.
00:12Lightcap joined OpenAI in 2018 and served four years as chief operating officer
00:17before moving to a special projects role in April.
00:19He said on X that he plans to start something new.
00:23Lightcap's exit follows several recent leadership departures,
00:26including former product and business chief Fiji Simo and three executives who left in April.
00:32Lightcap was a longtime confidant of CEO Sam Altman and previously worked with him at Y Combinator.
00:38Over an 18-month period through mid-2025, Lightcap expanded OpenAI's go-to market team
00:44from about 50 employees to more than 700 as the company pushed further into enterprise sales.
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