--- title: OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs, Jakub... description: Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, has announced his departure from the company. Jakub Pachocki has been introduced as the new Chief... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-chief-scientist-ilya-sutskever-departs-jakub-pachocki-introduced-as-new-chief-scientist-xa57ecsz4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs, Jakub Pachocki Introduced as New Chief Scientist | daily.dev og:description: Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, has announced his departure from the company. Jakub Pachocki has been introduced as the new Chief... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-chief-scientist-ilya-sutskever-departs-jakub-pachocki-introduced-as-new-chief-scientist-xa57ecsz4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xa57eCSZ4.png og:image:alt: OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs, Jakub Pachocki Introduced as New Chief Scientist og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs, Jakub Pachocki Introduced as New Chief Scientist **[Collections](https://daily.dev/sources/collections)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, has announced his departure from the company. Jakub Pachocki has been introduced as the new Chief Scientist. OpenAI aims to continue leading in AI research and development. ## Content OpenAI's co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, has officially announced his departure from the company. Sutskever, known for his instrumental role in OpenAI's technical breakthroughs, has been a key engineer behind their success. His departure comes six months after the temporary ousting of CEO Sam Altman, in which Sutskever played a significant part. OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, expressed his sadness at Sutskever's departure and took the opportunity to introduce Jakub Pachocki as the new Chief Scientist. Pachocki has been leading the development of GPT-4 and OpenAI Five as well as conducting research in large-scale reinforcement learning and deep learning optimization. Altman also expressed his gratitude for Sutskever's contributions to OpenAI and the field of artificial intelligence as a whole. With Pachocki stepping in, OpenAI aims to continue their mission of leading the way in AI research and development. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#deep-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/deep-learning), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#gpt](https://daily.dev/tags/gpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-chief-scientist-ilya-sutskever-departs-jakub-pachocki-introduced-as-new-chief-scientist-xa57ecsz4) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs, Jakub Pachocki Introduced as New Chief Scientist","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-chief-scientist-ilya-sutskever-departs-jakub-pachocki-introduced-as-new-chief-scientist-xa57ecsz4","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-chief-scientist-ilya-sutskever-departs-jakub-pachocki-introduced-as-new-chief-scientist-xa57ecsz4"},"datePublished":"2024-05-14T23:34:22.102Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T03:32:11.237Z","description":"Ilya Sutskever, co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, has announced his departure from the company. Jakub Pachocki has been introduced as the new Chief...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9a026cee31aa9c6a8973e29749625905?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9a026cee31aa9c6a8973e29749625905?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Collections","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Collections","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--fk_6ycEi--/f_auto,q_auto/v1780996001/logos/collections?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/openai-chief-scientist-ilya-sutskever-departs-jakub-pachocki-introduced-as-new-chief-scientist-xa57ecsz4","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,deep-learning,openai,gpt","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Collections","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/collections"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever Departs, Jakub Pachocki Introduced as New Chief Scientist"}]} ```