Wojciech Zaremba
Co-founder, OpenAI · Co-creator of ChatGPT
Key facts
- Born in 1988. Graduated from the Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących secondary school in his hometown of Kluczbork. Later, as a businessman, he funded a computer science lab for his alma mater.
- Graduate of the University of Warsaw, where he earned a master's degree in mathematics. He also studied at the École polytechnique in Paris and earned his PhD at New York University.
- Over the course of his career he was, among other things, an intern at Nvidia and worked at Google Brain and Facebook.
- A world-class expert in artificial intelligence, co-founder of OpenAI and co-creator of ChatGPT.
- As of June 2026, OpenAI was valued at $852B, placing the company among the most valuable startups co-founded by immigrants.
Biography
Dr Wojciech Zaremba is a world-class expert in artificial intelligence, co-creator of ChatGPT and co-founder of OpenAI. He was born in Kluczbork, where he finished secondary school — he later funded a computer science lab for the local Zespół Szkół Ogólnokształcących. A graduate of the University of Warsaw, where he earned a master's degree in mathematics, he also studied at the École polytechnique in Paris and earned his PhD at New York University. Before founding OpenAI, he worked at Nvidia (as an intern), Google Brain and Facebook. His company is one of the most highly valued startups founded by immigrants.