OpenAI poached three employees from AI startup run by former CTO, Murati.

On January 14th local time, Fidji Simo, CEO of OpenAI's Applied Business, posted on the social media platform X that Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz have returned to OpenAI. The three individuals joined from Thinking Machines Lab, which is an artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati.