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Jacob Trefethen @ OpenAI Foundation

Verdictconfirmed99%
1 check · 4/29/2026

1 → confirmed

Our claim

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Person
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Role
Head of Life Sciences and Curing Diseases
Role Type
key-person
Start Date
2026
Is Founder
No
Notes
From Coefficient Giving, where he oversaw $500M+ in health and science grantmaking. Announced March 24, 2026.

Source evidence

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confirmed99%Haiku 4.5 · 4/11/2026

NoteThe 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.

Case № 8tgLOEPujVFiled 4/29/2026Confidence 99%
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