- OpenAI has appointed George Osborne as Country Director of OpenAI
- Former UK Chancellor to Oversee Government Partnerships and Other Stargate Expansion Initiatives
- Osborne praised OpenAI’s commitment to responsible AI
Former UK Chancellor George Osborne has been named OpenAI’s CEO and Country Director, a role that will allow him to lead the expansion of the company’s Stargate data center outside the US.
Other responsibilities will include helping governments adopt and implement OpenAI tools, expanding government partnerships, continuing to work on AI infrastructure and public services use cases.
The “for countries” expansion came to Project Stargate in early May 2025, in response to demand from several countries asking OpenAI for help in building a Stargate-style national AI infrastructure.
George Osborne becomes OpenAI country director
Stargate began with its first campus in Abilene, Texas, and more sites are planned across the United States. The “for countries” initiative was added with the intention of helping countries build their own secure and sovereign infrastructure, offering ChatGPT experiences customized in terms of language and culture.
When it launched, OpenAI for Countries aimed to work with 10 countries in the first round before expanding.
Osborne will take up the role in January 2026 to oversee the global expansion of the company’s scheme, and is expected to represent the ChatGPT maker at the World Economic Forum in Davos next month (according to PakGazette information).
In addition to his six-year stint as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 2010 and 2016 (and a five-year stint as Shadow Chancellor before that), Osborne also held roles at investment bank Evercore, the British Museum and Coinbase.
OpenAI’s push to hire a notable political figure is a testament to the company’s commitment to deepening its ties with government agencies as it seeks to bring AI into the hands of federal agencies globally.
“In my conversations with Sam Altman, Brad Lightcap and other senior colleagues, it is clear that they are exceptionally impressive leaders and that they care deeply about their mission to ensure that the power of artificial intelligence is developed responsibly and that the benefits are felt by everyone,” Osborne wrote in an X post.
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