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AI researcher; former chief research officer, OpenAI
Bob McGrew is the founder of Arda, an AI manufacturing software company, and a former chief research officer at OpenAI. His research spans reinforcement learning, robotics and large language models.
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Bob McGrew is the founder of Arda, an AI manufacturing software company, and a former chief research officer at OpenAI. His research spans reinforcement learning, robotics and large language models.
- Current work
- Founder, Arda
- Known for
- AI research leadership; reinforcement learning; robotics
- Previously
- Chief research officer, OpenAI
- Research
- Dexterous manipulation; language models
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Launches Arda from stealth
Accel confirms McGrew is building AI software for manufacturing and reports approximately $230 million in total funding. The investor co-led Arda’s seed and Series A rounds.
Source: Accel ↗Reportedly co-founds Arda
The Information reports McGrew is co-founding Arda, an AI manufacturing startup.
Source: The Information ↗Joins the Army’s Executive Innovation Corps
The U.S. Army commissions McGrew as a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve’s Detachment 201, drawing on his AI expertise.
Source: U.S. Army / DVIDS ↗Contributes to OpenAI o1
OpenAI lists McGrew among the leadership contributors to its o1 reasoning-model program.
Source: OpenAI ↗Contributes to GPT-4o
OpenAI credits McGrew among the research and organizational leaders behind GPT-4o.
Source: OpenAI ↗Co-authors robotic Rubik’s Cube research
OpenAI demonstrates a robotic hand solving a Rubik’s Cube, with McGrew credited as a research contributor.
Source: OpenAI ↗Co-authors dexterous manipulation research
Learning Dexterous In-Hand Manipulation studies reinforcement learning for a robotic hand trained in simulation and transferred to real hardware.
Source: Research paper ↗Co-authors Hindsight Experience Replay
The research introduces a way to learn from unsuccessful goal-directed experiences in reinforcement learning.
Source: OpenAI ↗
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