Published July 29, 2026 at 9:07 PM
TechCrunch
Jul 30, 2026, 6:00 AM
Thinking Machines co-founder Lilian Weng left the company citing health reasons, then joined OpenAI

Weng previously served as the VP of AI Safety Research at OpenAI.
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