Arvind KC appointed Chief People Officer

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Arvind KC has been appointed Chief People Officer at OpenAI, bringing experience from roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir, and Meta. He will lead OpenAI's people processes, hiring, development, and organizational systems as the company scales.

OpenAI appoints Arvind KC as Chief People Officer to help scale the company, strengthen its culture, and lead how work evolves in the age of AI.
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# Arvind KC appointed Chief People Officer Source: [https://openai.com/index/arvind-kc-chief-people-officer/](https://openai.com/index/arvind-kc-chief-people-officer/) OpenAIHelping OpenAI grow and adapt as AI changes how work gets done\. We're excited to welcome Arvind KC to OpenAI as our Chief People Officer\. KC brings a rare combination of engineering depth and people leadership\. Over the course of his career, he has held senior roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir Technologies, and Meta, helping build both products and the organizations behind them at meaningful scale\. He understands how high\-performing technical teams operate and how strong, practical systems can help people do their best work without slowing them down\. ![Arvind KC](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/h52gW2DCSbsRkDaSlHJoe/4665606c63a2c1e8c86ded2b36e8b8ac/Arvind_KC_Social.png?w=3840&q=90&fm=webp) KC's role will be to help OpenAI grow in a way that supports the people doing the work, from the foundations of hiring, onboarding, and development, to the systems and policies that make it easier to collaborate, move quickly, and sustain high performance\. > “We believe the way we scale OpenAI should reflect the future we’re helping to create\. KC will play a key role in ensuring our people processes, policies, and systems match our ambition, while preserving the culture and operating principles that have helped us get here\.” — Fidji Simo, CEO of Applications, OpenAI As AI reshapes how work gets done, our Chief People Officer will be central to how we navigate that transition responsibly\. We believe we have both an opportunity and an obligation, to our own incredible talent and to society, to provide a model for how companies can navigate the transition to more AI\-enabled work that expands what people can do with AI and invest in their growth\. This work spans how roles evolve, how new skills are developed, and how education and re\-skilling can keep pace with technological change\. Over time, we plan to share what we learn with our customers and partners, and hopefully help the broader economy move from theory to practice as AI increasingly becomes part of everyday work\. > “This is a moment where every organization is being asked to rethink how work happens, what teams need, how people grow, and how to adapt as the tools change\. I'm excited to join OpenAI as we work through those questions ourselves, and alongside our ecosystem of users, customers, and partners building the future with us\.” — Arvind KC, Chief People Officer, OpenAI

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