OpenAI President Greg Brockman on exec departures

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  August 17, 2026 at 16:08  |  4:14  |  CNBC
Speakers
Greg Brockman — Co-founder and President, OpenAI
Kate Rooney — Technology Reporter
Dario Amodei — CEO, Anthropic

Summary

CNBC's Kate Rooney recaps OpenAI President Greg Brockman's Squawk Box interview on executive departures, revenue growth, and cybersecurity. Brockman reports about 20% July revenue growth and 32% enterprise revenue growth while framing human-written code vulnerabilities as a major enterprise cybersecurity opportunity. The segment also covers Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's defense of AI messaging and Anthropic's confidential IPO filing.

  • Greg Brockman dismisses high-profile OpenAI executive departures as spotlight-driven scrutiny.
  • OpenAI reported July revenue growth of about 20% and enterprise revenue growth of 32%.
  • Brockman highlights human-written code vulnerabilities and tech debt as enterprise cybersecurity risks.
  • Cybersecurity is framed as both a risk and a large enterprise business opportunity.
  • Open-source AI models are described as only months behind OpenAI and Anthropic.
  • Dario Amodei defends his AI risk/benefit messaging and describes a broader AI trust crisis.
  • Anthropic has confidentially filed to go public and shows a different executive turnover pattern.
Ideas
Greg Brockman Co-founder and President, OpenAI 0:57
Enterprise AI demand is growing fast.
OpenAI's July revenue grew about 20% and enterprise revenue rose 32%, signaling strong enterprise AI demand and successful enterprise monetization.
Greg Brockman Co-founder and President, OpenAI 1:03
Cybersecurity is a huge enterprise opportunity.
Human-written code is full of vulnerabilities and tech debt, creating cybersecurity risks for corporate America; Brockman sees cybersecurity as a huge enterprise opportunity and companies still have a window to get ahead before bad actors and ubiquitous AI.
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