Leadership

Barret Zoph has left OpenAI for the second time, just five months after rejoining from Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab startup.

The Verge reports Drew Houston is stepping down as Dropbox CEO and plans to work on a new entrepreneurial AI effort.

As Apple's hardware chief prepares to take the CEO role, analysts and investors say his biggest test will be closing Apple's significant gap in AI versus rivals.

OpenAI's CPO Kevin Weil and Sora team lead Bill Peebles are leaving as the company shuts down Sora and folds its science team in a strategic pivot.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is developing an AI assistant trained to handle select CEO responsibilities, signaling a new era of AI-augmented executive leadership.

OpenAI announces major leadership changes, with COO Brad Lightcap leading special projects and AGI CEO Fidji Simo taking medical leave.

xAI faces leadership crisis as influential researcher Jimmy Ba becomes the second co-founder to exit within 48 hours following SpaceX merger.

Microsoft elevates four sales executives to executive vice president positions under commercial business CEO Judson Althoff, restructuring leadership to accelerate AI product adoption and tighten the feedback loop between customers and product development teams.

McKinsey senior partner warns employee fear constrains AI innovation as efficiency programs signal job cuts, calling for psychological safety and human-centered approach.