Index
Personnel: John Schulman at OpenAI (Co-founder, Head of Alignment)
Verdictpartial92%
1 check · 5/1/20261 → partial
Our claim
entire record- Person
- John Schulman
- Role
- Co-founder, Head of Alignment
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- December 2015
- End Date
- August 2024
- Is Founder
- Yes
- Notes
- Co-founded OpenAI; created PPO algorithm; led alignment research and RLHF efforts; led post-training team
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkpartial92%Haiku 4.5 · 5/1/2026
NoteThe source confirms: (1) person = John Schulman ✓, (2) org = OpenAI ✓, (3) co-founder status ✓, (4) startDate = December 2015 ✓, (5) endDate = 2024 ✓. However, the source does NOT explicitly confirm the role title 'Head of Alignment'. The source describes him as leading the reinforcement learning team and being the 'architect' of ChatGPT, but does not mention 'Head of Alignment' as a formal title. While the source notes he moved to Anthropic 'to deepen his focus on AI alignment,' this describes his motivation, not his OpenAI title. The record is partially confirmed—all verifiable claims match, but the specific role designation 'Head of Alignment' is unverifiable from this source.
Case № Hq7sVuqtnSFiled 5/1/2026Confidence 92%