# Barret Zoph is out at OpenAI again after just five months

> He rejoined the company in January after a stint as co-founder of Mira Murati’s competitor, Thinking Machines Lab.

- **Source:** [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/952837/barret-zoph-openai-thinking-machines-lab?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a34e6d48c59bf9055d19413)
- **Published:** 2026-06-19
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #openai
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/6a34e6d48c59bf9055d19413

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