OpenAI Executive Exodus Continues as B2B CTO Srinivas Narayanan Resigns

OpenAI has moved aggressively in recent years to bring ChatGPT and generative AI into the enterprise market, with its business applications division turning model capabilities into B2B products and services. The departure of CTO Srinivas Narayanan has implications for the company’s enterprise strategy and technical execution. Leadership stability is also drawing increased scrutiny as OpenAI contends with setbacks in Sora’s development and the dissolution of the relevant division.

Narayanan announced on April 19 that he was resigning as CTO of OpenAI’s business applications division, becoming the third senior executive to leave the company within just one week. The departures came as the Sora team was being reorganized, indicating that OpenAI is grappling not only with product development challenges but also with a major restructuring of its enterprise business and management ranks.