Mira Murati the chief technology officer of Open AI has announced that she’s stepping down from her position.
Murati, who made waves after a short stint as CEO following the ouster of Sam Altman, announced on Wednesday, September 25th, 2024, that she’s stepping down from the company after a six year stint.
“After much reflection, I have made the difficult decision to leave OpenAI… There’s never an ideal time to step away from a place one cherishes, yet this moment feels right.” she said in a statement she shared to X (formerly Twitter).
Murati added: “I’m stepping away because I want to create the time and space to do my own exploration. For now, my primary focus is doing everything in my power to ensure a smooth transition, maintaining the momentum we’ve built.”
Her departure comes at a precarious time for the company with the recent departures of co-founder Ilya Sutskever, former safety leader Jan Leike, and co-founder John Schulman.
I shared the following note with the OpenAI team today. pic.twitter.com/nsZ4khI06P
— Mira Murati (@miramurati) September 25, 2024
The news has led social media to seek to learn more about the Albanian born engineer and corporate executive and we compile what we know about her in the post below.
Mira Murati Wiki, Education, Career, Husband, Family
Mira Murati born 16th December, 1988 is an Albanian engineer, researcher and tech executive. She is 35-years-old.
Murati was born to her parents in Vlore, Albania where she soon started proving her academic credentials by participating in math Olympiads and other competitions.
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At just 16-years-old, Murati was granted a scholarship to study for her undergrad in Canada. She attended the Pearson United World College of the Pacific, graduating in 2005. She proceeded to receive a Bachelor of Arts (AB) dual-degree in Mathematics from Colby College and then a Bachelor of Engineering from Dartmouth University’s Thayer School of Engineering, where she studied Mechanical Engineering.
In 2024, her alma mater awarded her with an honorary Doctor of Science for her work in AI, tech and engineering..
Career
Career-wise, Mira Murati began her career with Zodiac Aerospace and then joined Tesla as a product manager in 2013. After a short stint with Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion), she got a huge opportunity to join Open AI as a researcher in 2018.
Murati played a critical role in guiding teams working on Open AI’s most important products such as ChatGPT and the image generator Dall-E 2. Her quick rise from researcher to CTO was so meteoric that it sparked interesting debates on Reddit, Twitter and other forums.
According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Murati is skilled at assembling teams and getting them rowing in the same direction, delivering quality work by laser focusing on the core mission of the team.
“Mira has helped build some of the most exciting AI technologies we’ve ever seen, including ChatGPT, DALL-E, and GPT-4.” Nadella said.
Murati has been named on Time’s “100 Most Influential People in AI” in 2024 and Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women in 2023.
Mira Murati husband
One big question people have about the Open AI CTO is whether she is married or not.
Mira Murati has no husband as far as we can tell. In fact, her parents have reportedly been pressuring her to get married, according to Murati herself.
She revealed during a recent interview that when she first showed Chat GPT to her family, her mother’s big question to the artificial intelligence chatbot was “When will Mira get married?”
Her sister replied: “Well, mom, it’s not magic. It’s still artificial intelligence,”
Whilst not married, its entirely possible Mira Murati has a boyfriend, although information on that is not available as well. She keeps her personal life fiercely private hence information on that is understandably scant.
Murati’s net worth is not publicly available. Some figures are floating around – Market Realist puts her net worth at $5m but its unclear how that number came about. Forbes and other reputable organizations have little to say about Mira Murati’s net worth or salary.