Brockman Takes OpenAI Product Reins, Merges Key Tools

OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman is officially leading the company's product strategy, stepping in while CEO of AGI deployment Fidji Simo remains on medical leave. Brockman is overseeing a consolidation effort, merging ChatGPT and coding tool Codex into a single unified platform with one core product team. The move follows CEO Sam Altman's end-of-year 'code red' directive to refocus on ChatGPT's core experience. OpenAI has since halted side projects including video generator Sora and OpenAI for Science, signaling a sharper push toward agentic AI for both consumer and enterprise markets.