# Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI > Brad Lightcap, COO at OpenAI. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-lightcap (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) San Francisco, US · Angel # Brad Lightcap COO at [OpenAI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openai) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** - with regulators - **Podcasts:** 3 +2 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - **On filings** No filing names them - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At OpenAI - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from the investor lists this database was built from, so read them as of their date. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=brad-lightcap)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=brad-lightcap) ## The firm [**OpenAI** VC firm · US **5** cheques in 12 months **10** all time **2** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openai) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [Klarity](https://millionrounds.com/startup/klarity) - Y Combinator ## Also at OpenAI - [**Bret Taylor** Co-Founder *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bret-taylor) - [**Ibrahim Okuyucu** Engineering *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ibrahim-okuyucu) - [**Sarah Friar** Chief Financial Officer *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-friar) - [**Arvind Neelakantan** Research Scientist *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/arvind-neelakantan) - [**Ashley Kramer** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashley-kramer) - [**Ben Craig** Chief of Staff (VP) *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-craig) - [**Blake Samic** Head of Product Operations at OpenAI *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/blake-samic) - [**Chris Lehane** Chief Global Affairs Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-lehane) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [Uncapped](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/uncapped) · 1 Apr 2026 · 50 min Uncapped #46 | Brad Lightcap from OpenAI With [Brad Lightcap](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-lightcap) Mentions [OpenAI Startup Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openai-startup-fund)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[Y Combinator Continuity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator-continuity) About this episode Brad Lightcap serves as OpenAI's COO, overseeing its business, operations, and strategic partnerships across Research, Applied AI, and go-to-market. He also manages the OpenAI Startup Fund. Previously, Brad was part of Y Combinator Continuity and led finance and operations initiatives at Dropbox.… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 7 Aug 2025 · 4h 11m OpenAI Day: GPT-5 Unveiled | Mark Chen, Greg Brockman, Sarah Friar, Max Schwarzer, Brad Lightcap & More With [Brad Lightcap](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-lightcap) Mentions [Greg Brockman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greg-brockman) About this episode (01:18) - AI Model Whiteboard Breakdown (26:23) - Mark Chen, Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, discusses the recent launch of GPT-5, emphasizing its enhanced reasoning capabilities and seamless integration of various AI models to improve user experience. He highlights the model's ability to… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 15 Apr 2024 · 50 min 20VC: OpenAI's Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap on The Future of Foundation Models: Will They Be Commoditised | How to Solve the Problem of Compute | Open vs Closed: Which Dominates and Why | Which Companies and Verticals Will Be Steamrolled by OpenAI With [Brad Lightcap](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-lightcap) Mentions [Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman)[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) About this episode Sam Altman is the CEO @ OpenAI, the company on a mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is one of the fastest-scaling companies in history with a valuation of $90BN and $2BN+ in revenue. Prior to OpenAI, Sam was the President and CEO @ Y… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Brad Lightcap in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Term Sheet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/term-sheet) · 7 Oct 2025 · 37 min "Bubbles have almost always preceded some important technological shift”: OpenAI's COO Mentions [Brad Lightcap](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-lightcap) About this episode OpenAI has had a huge week. Fresh off launching the AI video generation and social app Sora 2, they closed a multibillion dollar partnership with AMD that sent the company’s stock soaring. This was quickly followed by the release of new features, like agent-building and ChatGPT app integration,… Listen on Apple Podcasts - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 24 May 2024 · 22 min 20VC: OpenAI's Sam Altman, Mistral's Arthur Mensch and more discuss: Will Foundation Models Be Commoditised | Which Startups Are Threatened vs Enabled by OpenAI | Is the Value in the Infrastructure or Application Layer? Mentions [Arthur Mensch](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arthur-mensch)[Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman)[Des Traynor](https://millionrounds.com/fund/des-traynor)[Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)[Google Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gv)[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) About this episode Sam Altman is the CEO @ OpenAI, the company on a mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI is one of the fastest-scaling companies in history with a valuation of $90BN and $2BN+ in revenue. Brad Lightcap is the COO @ OpenAI and the man responsible… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=brad-lightcap). ## Find people like Brad Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)