Sam Altman OpenAI
Sam Altman's OpenAI is up against four big challenges — and right now, the company's bleeding top talent.
  • OpenAI just lost another key leader, CTO Mira Murati.
  • The departure comes as OpenAI seeks to raise billions of dollars of capital.
  • OpenAI may also change its corporate structure, which raises new risks and ethics concerns.

OpenAI's bumpy year just got a little rougher.

On Wednesday, OpenAI lost its Chief Technology Officer, Mira Murati. Following CEO Sam Altman's brief ousting last year, Murati had been the company's unofficial spokesperson and face.