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OpenAI’s Sora Chief, CTO Announce Departure Amid Company’s Growing Enterprise Focus

6:04 PM IST · April 20, 2026

OpenAI seems to be undergoing a transition phase. As many as three senior leaders of the company have announced their departure this week, hinting at a change in structure and a massive reorganisation at play. Most notably, Bill Peebles, the Head of Sora, and Srinivas Narayanan, the CTO of B2B Applications, are leaving the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence (AI) giant. The departures come at a time when the ChatGPT maker is also shifting its focus from the end consumer to the enterprise space, powered by its Codex platform.