Jakub Pachocki

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Jakub Pachocki
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Pachocki in 2012
Born1991 (age 33–34)
Gdańsk, Poland
Other namesmeret
Education University of Warsaw
Carnegie Mellon University
OccupationChief scientist
Employer OpenAI

Jakub Pachocki (born 1991) is a computer scientist and former competitive programmer. He is best known as the chief scientist at OpenAI and for his role in overseeing development of GPT-4. [1] [2] [3]

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has called Pachocki "easily one of the greatest minds of our generation". [1]

Background

Pachocki was born in 1991 in Gdańsk, Poland. In high school, he was a six-time finalist of the International Olympiad in Informatics. [4] He won a silver medal in 2009. [5]

Pachocki obtained his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Warsaw. [4] He represented his university at the International Collegiate Programming Contest with his team winning a gold medal and coming second place overall in 2012. [5] In the same year he was also the champion of the Google Code Jam. [4] [5]

From 2011 to 2012, Pachocki worked at Facebook as a software engineering intern. [4]

Pachocki attended graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University where he obtained his PhD. [4]

Career

After graduation, Pachocki did postdoc work at Harvard University and Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing. [4]

In 2017, Pachocki joined OpenAI. In 2021, he became OpenAI's research director where he led the development of GPT-4 and OpenAI Five. In May 2024, he became chief scientist after his mentor Ilya Sutskever left the company. [4]

Competitive programming achievements

A more comprehensive list of achievements can be found at the Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame website. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Rafieyan, Darius (October 24, 2024). "OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki leads AI project Strawberry". Business Insider . Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ilya Sutskever to leave OpenAI, Jakub Pachocki announced as Chief Scientist". OpenAI . May 14, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  3. ↑ Metz, Cade (November 18, 2023). "The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman's Ouster at OpenAI". The New York Times . Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Major, Małgorzata (February 24, 2025). "Jakub Pachocki - Chief Scientist w OpenAI". Wirtualnemedia (in Polish). Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Profile of Jakub Pachocki - Competitive Programming Hall Of Fame". cphof.org. Retrieved March 20, 2025.

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