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title: "The OpenAI Coder Who Spun Tech On its Head\""
description: Greg Brockman needed a win. In 2017, Brockman—then chief technology officer of OpenAI, a 50-person nonprofit at the time—was worried about getting left in the dust by bigger rivals like DeepMind, an AI lab owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet. He also was concerned that OpenAI might fall ...
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## [The OpenAI Coder Who Spun Tech On its Head"](https://blog.ncst.com/the-openai-coder-who-spun-tech-on-its-head1787115649)

Posted by [Mike Turicchi](https://blog.ncst.com/author/mike-turicchi) on Aug 19, 2026, 1:00:49 AM

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Greg Brockman needed a win. In 2017, Brockman—then chief technology officer of OpenAI, a 50-person nonprofit at the time—was worried about getting left in the dust by bigger rivals like DeepMind, an AI lab owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet. He also was concerned that OpenAI might fall ...

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