John Schulman

John Schulman (born 1987 or 1988[1]) is an American artificial intelligence researcher and co-founder of OpenAI. In August 2024, he announced he would be joining Anthropic.[2][3] In February 2025, he announced he was leaving to join Thinking Machines Lab, where he is chief scientist.[4]

Schulman attended Great Neck South High School. He was a member of the US Physics Team in 2005.[5] He has a PhD in electrical engineering and computer sciences from the University of California, Berkeley, where he was advised by Pieter Abbeel.[6]

  1. ^ Bourzac, Katherine (June 27, 2018). "Pioneers: John Schulman". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
  2. ^ Fried, Ina (May 28, 2024). "OpenAI announces new safety committee and successor to GPT-4". Axios.
  3. ^ "OpenAI co-founder John Schulman leaves ChatGPT maker for rival Anthropic". Reuters. August 6, 2024. Retrieved 2025-06-24.
  4. ^ Goldman, Sharon (February 6, 2025). "OpenAI cofounder John Schulman is joining Mira Murati's startup after brief stint at Anthropic". Fortune.
  5. ^ https://www.aapt.org/olympiad2005/bio.cfm?StudentID=348
  6. ^ Manke, Kara (April 20, 2023). "ChatGPT architect, Berkeley alum John Schulman on his journey with AI". Berkeley News.

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