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OpenAI Seems a Bit Unorganized, Chaotic, in Ex-Staffer Blog

EUROPEAN UNION, JUL 14 – OpenAI aims to join the EU's AI gigafactory project to boost domestic AI startups and infrastructure amid 76 expressions of interest, supporting the bloc's AI Act compliance.

  • Calvin French-Owen, a former OpenAI engineer, published a blog post on July 15 describing his year working there and the rapid build of the Codex coding agent.
  • He wrote that OpenAI grew from about 1,000 to over 3,000 employees in one year, leading to chaotic startup-like conditions with little centralized planning.
  • French-Owen noted OpenAI relies almost exclusively on Slack for communication, receives very few emails, and encourages teams to act independently, causing overlapping efforts.
  • Altman called Meta’s $100 million signing bonuses to poach OpenAI staff "crazy" in a podcast interview last month, highlighting intense competition for talent.
  • The blog and statements suggest OpenAI’s fast growth strained its organization but empowered engineering innovation while competing in a highly dynamic AI market.
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