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Silicon Valley Co-Founder Artificial Intelligence Startups He was fired by his boss after he expressed concerns about his performance and discovered he was struggling. Relationships with junior employees who failed to report to him, a new report says.
Mira Murati is CEO of Thinking Machines Lab artificial intelligence company Barret Zoph, co-founder and chief technology officer of the $12 billion company, was fired last week after a contentious meeting with him and other employees, according to the company. wall street journal.
Zoff and two others argued for him to have more decision-making authority at that meeting, but Mulati responded by asking why he hadn’t done his job in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported. Magazine. He was reportedly fired after two days and joined OpenAI, where he previously worked.
Fidji Simo, CEO of OpenAI Applications, Announce On January 14, the company was “pleased” to welcome Zoph.
On the same day, Mulati made public Announce Zoff left the company. According to the company, Mulati told employees in an internal statement that there were issues with Zoff’s performance and behavior. Magazine.
zoff told Magazine He was fired “until I learned I was leaving the company” and said the company never mentioned performance issues to him.
“Never [Thinking Machines Lab] To cite any performance reasons or any unethical conduct to me as the reason for my termination is to suggest otherwise is false and defamatory,” he said.
Sources at the outlet said Mulati discovered last summer that he was dating a junior colleague who did not report to him, and in recent months had expressed concerns about his productivity. While Zoff initially denied the relationship, they both later confirmed it, the outlet reported.
The unnamed woman reportedly left the company and returned to OpenAI, where their relationship originally began.
Zoff told his boss that he was manipulated into the relationship by the woman, and then took a break from get off work, Magazine’sources said. When he returned in July, he took on a new technical contributor role with fewer responsibilities, the outlet reported.
zoff told Magazine It’s common for managers to return to individual contributor work. Zoff said he worked as a contributor for two months, working on several projects and taking a break over the winter due to illness and death in the family.
independent Thinking Machines Lab, Zoph and OpenAI have been contacted for comment.