"An unusual part of OpenAI is that everything, and I mean everything, runs on Slack," Calvin French-Owen wrote on his blog.

Calvin French-Owen spent a little over a year on OpenAI's technical team. In a blog post he offers an insider's take on ...

Former OpenAI engineer Calvin French-Owen reflects on his time at the company, highlighting its rapid growth and unique ...

Former staffer Calvin French-Owen gives a rare look at the ChatGPT-maker's high-intensity environment and unfathomable GPU ...

A former top engineer reveals an organization that runs on secrets, Slack messages, and social media buzz, where world ...

With a newborn at home, a former top engineer details the grueling, 7-week sprint that pushed a small team to its absolute ...

Owen, an engineer working on OpenAI's coding agent Codex, OpenAI has grown quickly, and so it’s natural for aspects like ...

A senior engineer describes the thrill, chaos, and exhaustion of working at OpenAI this past year while launching its coding ...

In the end, French-Owen's message is both a reality check and a cautionary tale. While OpenAI remains a beacon for those ...

Calvin French-Owen, who spent a year at OpenAI working on Codex until leaving in June, didn't speak ill of his former ...

Calvin French-Owen, a software engineer who worked at OpenAI for a year, recently left the company and shared his experience ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is setting a breakneck pace with his company, rolling out feature after feature to keep the ...