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John Schulman — Co-founder, Head of Alignment at OpenAI

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Source URLen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schulman
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CreatedMar 24, 2026, 8:45 PM
UpdatedMar 25, 2026, 4:02 AM
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roleCo-founder, Head of Alignment
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startDate2015-12
endDate2024-08
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sourceen.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schulman
notesCo-founded OpenAI; created PPO algorithm; led alignment research and RLHF efforts; led post-training team

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