TechMeme April 17, 2026
Bill Peebles, the researcher behind Sora, is leaving OpenAI as the company consolidates around enterprise AI and its forthcoming "superapp" (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Bill Peebles, Sora's researcher, is leaving OpenAI. OpenAI is consolidating around enterprise AI and a "superapp". Kevin Weil is also departing, having led the company's science research initiative.