Kevin Weil, OpenAI's former chief product officer, is leaving the company. OpenAI is also sunsetting Prism, the AI workspace for scientists it launched in January 2026, and folding its roughly 10-person team into the Codex team. The changes are part of OpenAI's effort to unify business and product strategy, with ambitions to turn Codex into an "everything app."
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OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Is Leaving the Company
OpenAI's departing CPO Kevin Weil and discontinued Prism workspace (launched Jan 2026) signal the company consolidating specialized products into Codex, a unified "everything app" strategy.
Friday, April 17, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: WIRED AIBY sys://pipeline
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