personnel
Jacob Trefethen — Head of Life Sciences and Curing Diseases at OpenAI Foundation
Metadata
| Source Table | personnel |
| Source ID | 8tgLOEPujV |
| Source URL | openaifoundation.org/news/update-on-the-openai-foundation |
| Children | — |
| Created | Apr 8, 2026, 11:42 AM |
| Updated | Apr 8, 2026, 11:42 AM |
| Synced | Apr 8, 2026, 11:42 AM |
Record Data
id | 8tgLOEPujV |
personId | Jacob Trefethen(person) |
organizationId | OpenAI Foundation(organization) |
personEntityId | Jacob Trefethen(person) |
personDisplayName | — |
orgEntityId | OpenAI Foundation(organization) |
orgDisplayName | — |
role | Head of Life Sciences and Curing Diseases |
roleType | key-person |
startDate | 2026 |
endDate | — |
isFounder | No |
appointedBy | — |
background | — |
source | openaifoundation.org/news/update-on-the-openai-foundation |
notes | From Coefficient Giving, where he oversaw $500M+ in health and science grantmaking. Announced March 24, 2026. |
Source Check Verdicts
confirmed99% confidence
Last checked: 4/11/2026
The source text explicitly confirms all key fields of the record: (1) person name 'Jacob Trefethen' is correct, (2) organization 'OpenAI Foundation' is correct, (3) role 'Head of Life Sciences and Curing Diseases' is exactly as stated in the source, and (4) the startDate of 2026 is confirmed by the document date of March 24, 2026, which indicates he was joining at that time. All claims in the record are directly supported by the source text.
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