OpenAI Hires Arvind KC as Chief People Officer

OpenAI just snagged Arvind KC from Roblox to be its new Chief People Officer—and his background is a perfect fit for an AI company that’s growing like crazy. Before Roblox, KC held senior roles at Google, Palantir, and Meta, building both products and the teams behind them. That engineering-plus-people combo is exactly what OpenAI needs. His main gig? Scaling the company in a way that keeps top talent happy and productive, from hiring and onboarding to the systems that make collaboration smooth and fast. But there’s a bigger angle here: as AI changes how work gets done, OpenAI wants KC to lead the way in rethinking roles, skills, and education—and then share those insights with the world. They see it as both an opportunity and an obligation. Why it matters: By publicly investing in people strategy and promising to share what they learn, OpenAI is positioning itself as a role model for how companies can handle the shift to AI-augmented work without leaving their workforce behind.