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OpenAI announced on 5 May 2022 that Brad Lightcap would become Chief Operating Officer. Copy claim link
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Date 2022-05-05 · snapshot Activity stage announced Role Chief Operating Officer Scope and limits An announced appointment. OpenAI’s March 2025 leadership update refers to him as Chief Operating Officer with an expanded remit.
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OpenAI leadership team update ↗ OpenAI · 2022-05-05
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Source excerpt “He will become Chief Operating Officer” Location in source Paragraph beginning “Brad Lightcap”
How it was read Read through a reader relay (r.jina.ai): a third-party rendering of the publisher’s current page, not an archive copy
Machine-checked · 2026-10-15
Source details and check notes Authors Sam Altman Version Dated page, retrieved on 2026-10-15 (SHA-256 ccdb6a29e5606701bc9836bb19884e131396ccec9a57f9a3c17f654ddfabd894) through the third-party reader relay r.jina.ai, which renders the publisher’s current page (the publisher refused direct retrieval); not an archive copy. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-15 Language English (en) Attribution Sam Altman, “OpenAI leadership team update”, 2022-05-05. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy (research/lab-genealogy). The quotation (6 words) matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-15 and again in a fresh retrieval the same day. Read through the third-party reader relay r.jina.ai, which renders the publisher’s current page (the publisher refused direct retrieval); not an archive copy. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-16/17) re-read the record’s sources and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Context only
Leadership updates ↗ OpenAI · 2025-03-24
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Paraphrase The March 2025 update says Lightcap, as Chief Operating Officer, is expanding his role to oversee business and day-to-day operations.
Location in source Paragraph beginning “Brad Lightcap”
How it was read Read through a reader relay (r.jina.ai): a third-party rendering of the publisher’s current page, not an archive copy
Machine-checked · 2026-10-15
Source details and check notes Authors Sam Altman Version Dated page, retrieved on 2026-10-15 (SHA-256 b46789a41bcb7d63909c072dadd57a9a0201fb8547627ff405084de2a7004055) through the third-party reader relay r.jina.ai, which renders the publisher’s current page (the publisher refused direct retrieval); not an archive copy. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-15 Language English (en) Attribution Sam Altman, “Leadership updates”, 2025-03-24. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy (research/lab-genealogy). The paraphrase’s verbatim anchor “Brad Lightcap, as Chief Operating Officer” matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-15 and again in a fresh retrieval the same day. Read through the third-party reader relay r.jina.ai, which renders the publisher’s current page (the publisher refused direct retrieval); not an archive copy. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. The paraphrase is Selekoa’s; only the anchor is the source’s wording. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-16/17) re-read the record’s sources and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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Record ID lg-oai-lightcap-coo-2022