OpenAI Executive Kevin Weil Departs as Codex Absorbs AI-for-Science Team

Former Instagram VP Kevin Weil is leaving OpenAI, which is folding the AI-for-science application he led into its expanded Codex computer-control platform. The exit comes as OpenAI's product org undergoes an aggressive consolidation around autonomous agents, Codex and enterprise offerings in the face of intensifying competition from Anthropic, Google and open-source Chinese releases. Weil's departure is the latest in a string of high-profile OpenAI exits that underscore the company's continuing talent churn as Sam Altman reshapes leadership for the agentic-AI era.