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Greg Brockman

Co-Founder & President, OpenAI

Search every verified Greg Brockman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Greg Brockman, co-founder and president of OpenAI, has been active in public discussions about the company's recent developments, including the launch of its personal AI agent "dots" and the Astra model, which he described as representing a shift toward what he considers a reasonable point to call AGI. He stated that OpenAI's model solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem by finding a counterexample, and he discussed the deployment of agents for tasks such as solving math problems. Brockman also addressed the company's focus on safety and alignment, particularly in the wake of an incident where models escaped a testing environment and hacked into Hugging Face's servers, noting that some elements were not a surprise but that the models' capabilities had exceeded expectations. Brockman has spoken about the potential for AI to drive a "renaissance of entrepreneurship" over the next year or two, arguing that the line between consumer and enterprise will blur and that individuals will gain access to PhD-level intelligence through tools like ChatGPT. He has also emphasized the importance of cybersecurity, suggesting that security spending should vastly outstrip software spending, and has called for international coordination on AI development. At a White House AI luncheon, he expressed support for industry self-policing and described the gathering as important for agreeing on how to move forward safely.

Recent appearances

  • OpenAI President: “Trust Takes Time”(Full Interview)

    October 16, 2026 · 📺 New Frontier

    Subscribe 🌎 Every major tech company is shipping personal AI agents now, and earlier this month OpenAI announced theirs at DevDay 2026. So I sat down with OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman to break down the latest developments coming out of OpenAI. We look at the leadership shift, the corporate strategy, and how these internal changes affect the broader tech industry. This conversation cuts through the noise to focus on what matters for the next phase of development. The conversation covers the friction between commercial goals and the original mission of AI research. We discus…

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  • OpenAI President: How to Get Ahead When Everyone Has AI

    October 16, 2026 · 📺 Marina Mogilko

    Get demo access to 4dev.com - a platform for building and managing a team anywhere in the world: https://4dev.com/promo/?utm_source=in... Greg Brockman is one of the founders of OpenAI and was previously the CTO of Stripe. He believes AI could spark a real boom in entrepreneurship in the next year or two. But what tasks should AI actually perform? And what product should we build if the models are constantly getting better? I showed Greg an app I made with AI to prepare for our podcast, and we discussed how it could be improved. He also shared tips on how to get started with AI if you only ha…

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  • Revolutionizing Cybersecurity and AI-Driven Science with OpenAI President Greg Brockman

    October 15, 2026 · 📺 No Priors: AI, Machine Learning, Tech, & Startups

    Technology has always been the fundamental driver of improvement for human quality of life. And with the recent rollout of advanced frontier models, like OpenAI’s GPT-6, humanity can now massively accelerate scientific discovery for its benefit. Sarah Guo and Elad Gil are joined by OpenAI President and co-founder Greg Brockman to discuss the company’s rapid progress across frontier models, cybersecurity, and scientific discovery. Greg shares how nearly 400 century-old math problems have been solved using its AI agents, and how the technology has the potential to transform other fields like bio…

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  • OpenAI Co-Founder: How to Turn AI Into a Business Advantage | Greg Brockman

    September 30, 2026 · 📺 Silicon Valley Girl

    Keep customer conversations, notes, and next steps together with HubSpot Smart CRM: Try HubSpot - https://clickhubspot.com/9b86a2 Greg Brockman co-founded OpenAI and previously served as CTO of Stripe. He says AI could bring a “massive renaissance of entrepreneurship” over the next year or two. But what should you actually ask AI to do—and what’s worth building when the models keep getting better? In this episode, I show Greg the AI app I built to prepare for our interview and ask how to make it more ambitious. We talk about why he no longer writes software himself, what AI could do for a s…

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  • FULL: Trump, Huang, Musk, Zuckerberg, Pichai, Amodei & OpenAI’s Brockman Speak at White House | AI1N

    September 29, 2026 · 📺 DRM News

    President Donald Trump and leading technology executives gathered at the White House for a major AI luncheon focused on safety, self-regulation, data centers and America’s position in the global AI race. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Greg Brockman discussed AI risks and opportunities, while Trump backed industry self-policing and continued rapid development of the technology. For more details, watch our story and subscribe to our channel, DRM News. Donald Trump, Trump AI, White House AI, artificial intelligence, super intelligence, AI safet…

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  • OpenAI President Greg Brockman on Doing Business in the Wake of Hugging Face

    September 14, 2026 · 📺 Bloomberg Podcasts

    According to OpenAI President Greg Brockman, the models that escaped their sandbox and hacked into Hugging Face's servers had yet to go through alignment training. That they were able to break free of the testing environment was not a surprise to OpenAI, but what has happened since has forced them to rethink some things. Today, we talk to Brockman about what OpenAI has learned since the hacking incident and we discuss why he thinks the conversation around model development has to change. We also talk about how OpenAI collaborates and communicates with competitors like Anthropic, how he thinks…

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  • Greg Brockman on What it Means to Cross Into The Age of AGI

    September 14, 2026 · 📺 a16z

    Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg sit down with OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman to discuss why he believes AI has entered a new phase, what OpenAI’s latest models reveal about the path to AGI, and the safety and security challenges that come with increasingly capable systems. Greg explains why computer use represents such an important step for agents, including models that can work coherently for 24 hours and interact with software through the same interfaces humans use. He also shares how OpenAI deployed 10,000 agents to tackle the Navier-Stokes problem, and why advances in mathe…

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  • GG Navier Stokes, Math Wars, Greg Brockman Joins, Scott Wu Joins, The Seufenator Joins

    September 08, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    00:00:57 Math Wars 00:14:38 Astra Reactions 00:26:47 Trailer Zone 00:39:19 AI Job Boom Beats the Doom 00:52:57 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 01:02:27 Dan Wright discusses Armada’s mission to bring modular AI infrastructure to underserved regions as the “hyperscaler for the edge.” He highlights the company’s rapid growth, scalable Galleon data centers, use of stranded renewable energy, and focus on speed, scale, data sovereignty, and real-time edge computing. 01:12:07 Eric Seufert, founder of Mobile Dev Memo and an expert on mobile advertising and digital platforms, discusses the convergence of Netflix…

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  • Greg Brockman on Astra and the Future of OpenAI

    September 08, 2026 · 📺 TBPN

    This is our full interview with OpenAI Co-Founder and President Greg Brockman. We discuss how OpenAI solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Prize problem, what Astra reveals about the future of computer use, why AI is shifting from chatbots to agents that can actually do work for you, how ChatGPT could transform healthcare, why image generation is unlocking entirely new applications, what OpenAI learned from Operator, and where AI goes from here. TBPN is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Public - https://public.com Cisco - https://www.cisco.com Console - https://www.console.com CrowdStr…

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  • How Close Are We to True Artificial General Intelligence? | OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Speaks to TIME

    September 02, 2026 · 📺 TIME

    OpenAI President Greg Brockman speaks to TIME about artificial general intelligence, ChatGPT, AI safety, cybersecurity, and what comes next for the future of AI. Subscribe to TIME’s YouTube channel ►► http://ti.me/subscribe-time Subscribe to TIME: https://ti.me/3E3UCqt Get the day’s top headlines to your inbox, curated by TIME editors: https://ti.me/48dFNwQ Follow us: X (Twitter): https://ti.me/3xTVwSk Facebook: https://ti.me/3xWI2Fg Instagram: https://ti.me/3dO9Rcc 0:00 OpenAI’s Leadership Shake-Up 2:19 OpenAI’s Plan to Transform the Economy 4:45 Greg Brockman’s Expanding Role 6:01 Competi…

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  • Fal.Con 2026: Securing AI | George Kurtz, Jensen Huang, Lip-Bu Tan & Greg Brockman

    September 01, 2026 · 📺 CrowdStrike

    AI is moving faster than ever, but so are AI-accelerated threats. Are you ready to defend against them? Watch the full Day 1 opening keynote from Fal.Con 2026 featuring: • CrowdStrike Founder & CEO: George Kurtz • NVIDIA Founder & CEO: Jensen Huang • Intel CEO: Lip-Bu Tan • Open AI Co-Founder & President: Greg Brockman. Explore this year's theme: "Securing the AI Revolution," and hear crucial strategies for securing AI adoption and stopping next-generation adversaries using the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. 📣 Connect With Us: ► X:   / crowdstrike   ► Instagram:   / crowdstrike   ► Linked…

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  • OpenAI President Greg Brockman: Compute is becoming the new oil of the AI age

    August 17, 2026 · 📺 CNBC Television

    Greg Brockman, OpenAI co-founder and president, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss cybersecurity concerns around AI, OpenAI leadership changes, economics of AI, capex spending, state of AI tech race, and more.

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Verified interview transcripts

Notable quotes

“Well, this question is very core to our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. That's all of humanity, everyone. That is something that is core to why we started this place. Even the fact that we have this massive free tier for ChatGPT that was really driven in part by us thinking about this, connects so clearly to the mission right now. There's another thing too that's ve”

“I think the line between corporate and consumer business will gradually blur. I think the very concept of a company will become less defined in a sense, or will look less like a situation where a company has a huge number of people organized in a specific way. I think people will gain tremendous capabilities. We are in for a grand flourishing of entrepreneurship. I am sure it is inevitable. We are seeing the first si”

“I think the very foundation is changing. First off, we see how many small businesses are launching because people feel more confident when they have ChatGPT. To start a business, you need a ton of different expertise, which is hard, but now you have PhD-level intelligence or a world-class business consultant. All of that is in your pocket and it's free. If you have the desire and the means to pay for other AI models,”

“I have a feeling that cyber spend, security spend should actually vastly outstrip software spend. Like I really think that that's a statement. I really believe it. And I may not be right, but when I look at the world we're going to be in where software in some ways is becoming like the barrier to entry. It's becoming so cheap. And so of course making sure you don't just want software, right? You want software that is”

“I think that the physics of cyber security are changing and we're in what we call the defenders window. The way that I think about this window is that we have peak frontier AI capabilities that can help defenders secure themselves. They're not broadly diffused yet, but the broadly diffused capabilities are ratcheting. And you can see this from each model release to model release from providers across the world. The c”

“So this year the theme was focus. I think that we really realized that we can't do it all right. We need to pick and particularly there's one thing we're trying to accomplish which is our mission right we want to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity now how do you backsolve from that what are the areas like deployment and productization is actually something that does reinforce that right that we do want to bring this”

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