Gabor Cselle Joins OpenAI for Secretive Project After Pebble’s Closure
Gabor Cselle, former CEO of Pebble and seasoned tech entrepreneur, has joined OpenAI to work on an undisclosed project. Discover Cselle’s career journey and recent moves in the evolving AI landscape.
Former Pebble co-founder and CEO, Gabor Cselle, has embarked on a new journey, joining OpenAI to contribute to an undisclosed project. According to Cselle’s LinkedIn profile, he began his tenure at OpenAI in October and recently confirmed the move with a brief announcement on X (formerly known as Twitter). “Will share more about what I’m working on in due time,” Cselle noted, adding, “Learning a lot already.”
Cselle’s career is marked by his entrepreneurial spirit and notable exits. His first startup, reMail, a mobile email application incubated at Y Combinator, was acquired by Google. Following this, he founded Namo Media, a native advertising firm that later sold to Twitter before the platform’s transformation under Elon Musk’s ownership and rebranding to X.
A seasoned tech leader, Cselle served as a group product manager at Twitter nearly a decade ago, steering projects that enhanced user experiences on the home timeline and the onboarding process. His role there ended in 2016, leading him back to Google where he joined Area 120, the tech giant’s innovation lab for experimental projects and startups.
In 2022, Cselle launched Pebble, initially known as T2, alongside Michael Greer, former engineering chief at Discord. Pebble aimed to carve out a space in the microblogging landscape with a focus on user safety and content moderation. Despite securing backing from notable investors, including Android co-founder Rich Miner, Pebble faced hurdles in scaling and was shuttered by October 2023. The project pivoted, reappearing as a Mastodon instance the following month.
Earlier this year, Cselle took a creative hiatus at the South Park Commons accelerator, where he experimented with generative AI projects, including a playful take on the once-popular HQ Trivia game.
Cselle’s move to OpenAI coincides with similar high-profile talent shifts in the AI space. Embark Trucks founder Alex Rodrigues, who oversaw his company’s 2021 SPAC merger and its subsequent sale in 2023, recently announced he would join OpenAI competitor Anthropic as an AI safety researcher.
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