Mira Murati, OpenAI's CTO of six and a half years who briefly served as interim CEO during the November 2023 crisis, announced her departure, writing on X that she wanted to "create the time and space to do my own exploration." The same day, Chief Research Officer Bob McGrew and VP of Research Barret Zoph also announced they were leaving, a wave of executive exits that drew scrutiny as the company negotiated a major funding round and a for-profit restructuring.