OpenAI faces IPO and safety tests

OpenAI’s infrastructure team suffered another high-profile change as data-center chief Chris Malone reportedly left the company while it prepares for a planned IPO. The timing is sensitive: OpenAI’s competitive position increasingly depends on securing enough compute, power and data-center capacity to train and serve frontier models at scale. Leadership churn in that function can complicate negotiations with cloud partners, colocation providers and energy suppliers, especially as investors scrutinize capital intensity before a public listing. The departure also feeds a broader executive-exodus narrative at a company trying to prove that explosive revenue growth can translate into durable operating discipline.

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