An ex-OpenAI employee who helped build ChatGPT quietly launched a startup — and Mira Murati is an investor (www.businessinsider.com)

Angela Jiang, an early product manager at OpenAI who helped launch the models behind ChatGPT, has quietly founded a new startup called Worktrace AI. The company, still in stealth, has attracted funding and advisory ties to a roster of ex‑OpenAI figures — including former CTO Mira Murati — and was reportedly in talks this summer to raise a $10 million seed round at a $50 million valuation. Other backers and allies named in job listings include Nick Turley (head of ChatGPT), Jason Kwon (OpenAI’s chief strategy officer), Joanne Jang, OpenAI’s startup fund, and VCs such as 8VC and Conviction. Jiang left OpenAI in December 2024; she and cofounder Deepak Vasisht have not publicly commented. Worktrace AI says it helps enterprises detect and automate repetitive human tasks by observing employees, joining a growing Silicon Valley push to have AI learn and replicate real‑world workflows. Technically this suggests a focus on task recognition, workflow synthesis, and automation orchestration—areas that combine computer vision/behavioral telemetry, sequence modeling, and program synthesis or RPA integration. The startup’s stealthy launch and high‑profile backers underscore two trends: rapid commercialization of workplace automation and concentrated migration of top AI talent and capital from OpenAI into new ventures. That raises practical implications around data privacy, employee monitoring, model performance on real tasks, and the governance of automated workplace decisions even as it accelerates enterprise AI adoption.