| Known as | American computer scientist |
|---|---|
| Roles | Co-founder, OpenAI Co-founder and chief scientist, Thinking Machines Lab |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley, California Institute of Technology |
| Links | Wikipedia · openai.com · thinkingmachines.ai |
About John Schulman
John Schulman is a co-founder of OpenAI and a co-founder and chief scientist of Thinking Machines Lab.
OpenAI: Maker of the GPT models and ChatGPT; its charter states the mission of ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity.
Across OpenAI and Thinking Machines Lab, John has helped build more than one of the companies AGIX tracks.
John studied at University of California, Berkeley and California Institute of Technology.
Today OpenAI ranks #2 of 144 on the AGIX Leaderboard, with 73 research roles open, 375 papers in the last year, 2 public models released in the last year and 12 investment vehicles named after it filed with the SEC in the last year. It's one of the companies shaping how general-purpose AI gets built, and John is part of that story.
Facts from public company information, Wikipedia and Wikidata; lab figures from AGIX data, 2 Nov 2026. John, or someone who works with them? Suggest an update.
Also at OpenAI
OpenAI at a glance
Maker of the GPT models and ChatGPT; its charter states the mission of ensuring AGI benefits all of humanity.
73 research roles · 12 SPV filings · 375 papers · 2 models#25Thinking Machines LabSan Francisco, US · 2025Founded by OpenAI's former CTO; released the Tinker fine-tuning API.
22 research roles