Jacob Menick

Jacob Menick is an accomplished professional in the field of artificial intelligence, currently serving as a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since September 2022. In this role, Jacob has taken on significant responsibilities, including overall technical lead for GPT-4o mini and co-leading the pretraining efforts for GPT-4o. Previous experience includes a position as Staff Research Engineer at DeepMind, where Jacob led the GopherCite project and contributed to notable large language model initiatives such as Gopher, RETRO, and Flamingo. Jacob's academic background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Reed College and ongoing doctoral studies in Artificial Intelligence at UCL. Early experiences also encompass roles in data analysis and web app development, highlighting a strong foundation in technology and research.