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Brad Lightcap

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Managing Director at OpenAI Startup Fund · Chief Operating Officer at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $1M checks

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947 people in our graph share verified history with Brad — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Ana AndreescuunlockedBrad: together at Dropbox (2013–2016)
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×6Brad: together at Y Combinator
Brad: together at OpenAI

About

As OpenAI's COO, Brad Lightcap connects founders reimagining workflows with AI at the core to OpenAI's models, product teams, and distribution, offering hands-on go-to-market, hiring, and scaling support.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnergyFuture of WorkHealthtech

Chief Operating Officer at OpenAI

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In turn, Brad can intro founders to OpenAI's investors below.

OpenAI's investors · 61

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. OpenAICOOcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, CA
  2. OpenAICFO2018 — 2022San Francisco, CA
  3. Y CombinatorInvestor2016 — 2018San Francisco, CA
  4. DropboxStrategic Finance2013 — 2016San Francisco, CA
  5. J.P. MorganInvestment Banking Analyst2012 — 2013New York, NY

Skills & more

Financial Modeling10Investment Banking6Corporate Finance5Valuation5Bloomberg6Private Equity4Financial Analysis4Research3Venture Capital2Microsoft Excel3

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Colleagues at OpenAI Startup Fund

Ian Hathaway
Partner at OpenAI Startup Fund
Sam Altman
General Partner at OpenAI Startup Fund

Frequently asked questions

Who is Brad Lightcap?
As OpenAI's COO, Brad Lightcap connects founders reimagining workflows with AI at the core to OpenAI's models, product teams, and distribution, offering hands-on go-to-market, hiring, and scaling support.
Where does Brad Lightcap work?
Brad Lightcap is Managing Director at OpenAI Startup Fund and Chief Operating Officer at OpenAI.
What does Brad Lightcap invest in?
Brad Lightcap invests in AI & Machine Learning, EdTech, Energy, Future of Work, Healthtech.
What check size does Brad Lightcap write?
Brad Lightcap typically writes checks of $1M.
Where did Brad Lightcap go to school?
Brad Lightcap studied at Duke University (Bachelor’s Degree, Economics & History); The Hotchkiss School.

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