Demetri Karanikos

Hardware @OpenAI | ex-Apple, Meta

Role: Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI
Location: San Francisco, CA, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Demetri Karanikos

Product Design Leader experienced in building teams and bringing world class hardware experiences to market. Skilled in product leadership, product ideation & roadmap planning, professional development, and all things needed to execute on product development. Experience with global supply chains, enabling minimalist ID through smart design and wide manufacturing knowledge, and building cross functional teams to launch innovative products.

Experience

Member of Technical Staff
OpenAI
Nov 2025 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
BS, Mechanical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MS, Mechanical Engineering

Skills

Supply Chain Management
Manufacturing
Mechanism Design
Process Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Machining
Machine Design
Matlab
Testing
Cad
Product Development
Product Design
Process Design
Machine Tools
Nx Unigraphics
Manufacturing Engineering
Engineering
Proe
Engineering Management
Cad/Cam
Design for Manufacturing
Solidworks

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Current company

OpenAI

Research Services · 10K employees · Founded 2015 · San Francisco, CA, United States

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

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