OpenAI loses another top executive, as Brad Lightcap leaves 'to start something new'

OpenAI's former chief operating officer, Brad Lightcap. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images OpenAI veteran Brad Lightcap is leaving the company "to start something new." Lightcap worked for years as the company's chief financial officer and chief operating officer. His departure joins a string of others for the ChatGPT-maker as it turns toward an IPO. Veteran OpenAI executive Brad Lightcap announced on Tuesday that he's leaving the company, the latest departure at the AI juggernaut as it…