Former OpenAI Policy Exec Ryan Beiermeister Joins Founders Fund as Partner

Ryan Beiermeister joined Founders Fund as a partner on July 13, five months after OpenAI fired her as VP of Product Policy. Her dismissal followed her reported objection to a planned ChatGPT "adult mode" erotica feature, which OpenAI scrapped in March 2026. A male colleague's sexual discrimination accusation, which Beiermeister called "absolutely false," also surfaced.