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Aaron Chatterji

Chief Economist at OpenAI

Durham, North Carolina, United States

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Chief Economist at OpenAI

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A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoA'Z AngelsLos GatosAdvent InternationalBoston · $1.1B checksAlpha Wave GlobalMiamiAltimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksAntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checksBedrockLos Angeles · $5M – $30M checksboldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksCosmic Venture PartnersAustin · $100K – $5M checksDragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksEmerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksEverybody Ventures$100K checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFirestreak VenturesFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksFrontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGestio CapitalLondonGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksICONIQSan FranciscoIneffable VenturesStamfordKaleida CapitalSan DiegoKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLakeside CapitalTampa · $100K – $250K checksMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksMastrySan FranciscoMaverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksMech VenturesLas VegasMGXAbu Dhabi · since 2025Next Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyNVIDIASanta ClaraOssian CapitalPeter ThielRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksSanctor CapitalNew YorkSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksSGH CapitalParisSoftBank GroupTokyoSoftBank Vision FundLondonSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSound VenturesSanta MonicaSparkLabs KoreaPalo AltoSquareOne CapitalMiamiStack CapitalTorontoStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSV AngelSan FranciscoT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025Touring CapitalSan FranciscoType One VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checksValkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark CityVU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checksWAGMI VenturesWealthUnion$10K checksXYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks

Co-founders at OpenAI

SASam Altman
Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEO
EMElon Musk
Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board member
GBGreg Brockman
Greg BrockmanCo-founder & President
ISIlya Sutskever
Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief Scientist
WZWojciech Zaremba
Wojciech ZarembaCo-founder
JS
John SchulmanCo-founder (departed 2024)
AKAndrej Karpathy
Andrej KarpathyCo-founder
TB
Trevor BlackwellCo-founder

Experience

  1. OpenAIChief Economistcurrent2024 — present
  2. Duke UniversityProfessorcurrent2006 — present
  3. Stanford Digital Economy LabMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2026 — present
  4. Harvard Business SchoolVisiting Associate Professor2014 — 2015Cambridge, MA
  5. White House Council of Economic AdvisersSenior Economist2010 — 2011
  6. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessPh.D.2001 — 2006
  7. Goldman SachsFinancial Analyst2000 — 2001

Skills & more

Economics42Public Policy14Corporate Social Responsibility1Econometrics7Stata5Quantitative Analytics4Research33Statistics16Data Analysis15Policy Analysis10Business Strategy29Mergers
+8 moreVenture CapitalEntrepreneurshipMatlabPublic SpeakingEconomic DevelopmentStrategic PlanningRAnalysis

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Who is Aaron Chatterji?
Chief Economist at OpenAI
Where does Aaron Chatterji work?
Aaron Chatterji is Chief Economist at OpenAI.
Where did Aaron Chatterji go to school?
Aaron Chatterji studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (PhD, Business Economics and Public Policy); Cornell University (B.A., Economics and International Relations).

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