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Greg Brockman
Photo of Greg Brockman at Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019
Greg Brockman at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019
Born
Thompson, North Dakota
Occupations
  • Software developer
  • investor
  • entrepreneur
Known forCTO, President, and Chairman of OpenAI
SpouseAnna Brockman
Parent(s)Ron Brockman and Ellen Feldman[1]

Greg Brockman (born 1989) is an American entrepreneur, investor and software developer who is a co-founder[2] and currently the president of OpenAI.[3] He began his career at Stripe in 2010, upon leaving MIT, and became their CTO[4] in 2013. He left Stripe in 2015[5] to co-found OpenAI, where he also assumed the role of CTO.[6][7][8][9]

Early life and education

Brockman was born in Thompson, North Dakota, and attended Red River High School where he excelled in mathematics, chemistry, and computer science.[6][10]He placed second in the 2006 International Chemistry Olympiad, and became the first finalist from North Dakota to participate in the Intel science talent search since 1973.[11] In 2008, Brockman enrolled in Harvard University, but left only a year later, before briefly enrolling at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[6][12]

Career

In 2010, he dropped out of MIT to join Stripe, a company founded by Patrick Collison, an MIT classmate, and his brother, John Collison. In 2013, he became Stripe's first-ever CTO, and grew the company from 5 to 205 employees.[8][13] Brockman left Stripe in May 2015, and co-founded OpenAI[14] in December 2015 with Elon Musk and Sam Altman.[13][15]

Brockman helped create the OpenAI founding team, and led various prominent projects early on at OpenAI, including OpenAI Gym and OpenAI Five, a Dota 2 bot.[16][17][18][19]

On February 14, 2019, OpenAI announced that they had developed a new large language model called GPT-2, but kept it private due to their concern for its potential misuse. They finally released the model to a limited group of beta testers in May 2019.[6][20]

On March 14, 2023, in a live video demo, Brockman unveiled GPT-4, the fourth iteration in the GPT series, and the newest language model created by OpenAI.[7][21][22]

Personal life

In November 2019, Brockman married his long-time girlfriend, Anna.[6]

References

  1. ^ "GF student named national science semifinalist". Grand Forks Herald. 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2023-03-16.
  2. ^ Geron, Tomio (2019-03-12). "Nonprofit AI Lab Alters Structure to Build Massive Computing Power". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. ^ Sam Altman (May 5, 2022). "OpenAI leadership team update". OpenAI. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  4. ^ Peterson, Andrea (2015-12-14). "Group wants to make sure artificial intelligence is developed responsibly". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  5. ^ Biz Carson (May 6, 2015). "One of the first employees of $3.5 billion startup Stripe is leaving to form his own company". Insider. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d e "The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI's bid to save the world". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  7. ^ a b Wiggers, Kyle (2023-03-15). "Interview with OpenAI's Greg Brockman: GPT-4 isn't perfect, but neither are you". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  8. ^ a b Popkin, Helen A. S. "30 Under 30 In Enterprise Tech: Reinventing Business With Artificial Intelligence". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  9. ^ Metz, Cade (2023-03-31). "What's the Future for A.I.?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  10. ^ "Gregory Brockman". The Creativity Foundation. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  11. ^ "Greg Brockman, Intel Science Talent Search finalist, Grand Forks". Grand Forks Herald. 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  12. ^ "Ivy League Dropout Greg Brockman Is Leading the AI Revolution – C-Suite Spotlight". Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  13. ^ a b Carson, Biz. "One of the first employees of $3.5 billion startup Stripe is leaving to form his own company". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  14. ^ "Commerce Announces First Artificial Intelligence Hearing". U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation. 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  15. ^ "UPDATE 2-Musk, other tech chiefs back artificial intelligence startup with $1 bln". Reuters. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  16. ^ Statt, Nick (2019-04-13). "OpenAI's Dota 2 AI steamrolls world champion e-sports team with back-to-back victories". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  17. ^ Tsukayama, Hayley (June 28, 2018). "OpenAI's bot beat a human at video games last year. Now it will take on five at once". The Washington Post.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Popkin, Helen A. S. "30 Under 30 In Enterprise Tech: Reinventing Business With Artificial Intelligence". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  19. ^ Wattles, Jackie (2017-08-12). "A bot just defeated one of the world's best video gamers". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  20. ^ This AI is so good at writing that its creators won't let you use it | CNN, 2019-02-20, retrieved 2023-03-15
  21. ^ "What can ChatGPT maker's new AI model GPT-4 do?". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  22. ^ "OpenAI releases GPT-4, artificial intelligence that can 'see' and do taxes". NBC News. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
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