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Profile: Robert J. (“Jaylin”) Wu

The Altman Network Study · individual profile · compiled 31 May 2026 (v2 — Uber/OpenSea identity connected)

Disambiguation note: Multiple professionals are named “Robert Wu.” This profile is the corporate attorney (CA bar 2012, UCLA Law) now at OpenAI — not the Oaktree energy-PE “Robert Wu” nor the Google software engineer “Robert Wu.” The evidence below now connects the OpenAI signer with the previously-separate “OpenSea / ex-Uber / Covington” Robert Wu; see the identity note.

Relevance to the Altman network

Robert J. Wu is an OpenAI in-house corporate attorney and cross-entity authorized signer — the connective-tissue role for the corporate web this study maps. He is the Authorized Signer of OPENAI, L.L.C. (Florida, “Robert Jaylin Wu,” 1455 3rd St; OpenAI GP, L.L.C. as Manager) [30] and is listed among OpenAI’s in-house attorneys [31]. Notably, his career path runs Covington & Burling → Uber → OpenSea → OpenAI [RR][Avvo] — and Uber is both OpenAI’s Mission Bay landlord and an early Altman investment (see N-13), so a corporate lawyer moving from Uber into OpenAI’s entity-structuring function is a network node worth flagging, exactly as Keya suspected (he should not be dismissed as “a different Robert Wu”).

Identity note — why the OpenSea/Uber Robert Wu is (very likely) the same person

Two aggregator records converge on one corporate lawyer:

  • Avvo lists “Robert J. Wu”: CA-licensed since 2012 (~14 yrs), practice in Venture Capital / M&A / Corporate & Incorporation, education USC (undergrad) + UCLA School of Law, with an address at “Openai, 1455 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94158-2210” (plus a “Law Offices of Robert J. Wu,” Washington DC) [Avvo].
  • RocketReach lists “Robert Wu, Head of Corporate Legal at OpenSea,” prior Uber and Covington & Burling, UCLA J.D., skills in corporate law, governance, VC, PE, securities [RR].

The overlap — UCLA Law, ~2012 CA bar, corporate/VC/securities focus, San Francisco, OpenAI 1455 3rd St address — strongly indicates a single person: a corporate lawyer (Covington → Uber → OpenSea → OpenAI). Caveat: this identity match is built from professional aggregators (Avvo, RocketReach), not a single authoritative bio; treat as a strong circumstantial match, not yet primary-source-confirmed. The Uber tenure itself is documented and is the salient network fact.

Bio (best current reconstruction)

  • Education: USC (undergraduate); UCLA School of Law (J.D.). Admitted to the California Bar in 2012 [Avvo].
  • Career: Covington & Burling (corporate) → Uber (legal) → OpenSea (Head of Corporate Legal) → OpenAI (in-house corporate counsel) [RR][Avvo][31].
  • At OpenAI: in-house attorney; authorized signer of OPENAI, L.L.C. and (per the French registry) “président de OpenAI France” [30][31]; signatory to the November 2023 mass retention letter during the Altman ouster, alongside Iftimie, Manriquez, Rossen, Rubin [31].
  • Practice focus: corporate, venture capital, M&A, securities regulation, corporate governance [RR][Avvo].

Investments / board placements

None documented beyond his corporate-officer/authorized-signer roles within OpenAI entities. (Open item — pending a primary-source bio.)

Nodes of interest (questions — not conclusions)

  • N-w1: Across how many OpenAI entities is Robert J. Wu an authorized signer/officer — is he the de-facto corporate secretary for the entity web, and which entities?
  • N-w2: Is the “président de OpenAI France” the same Robert J. Wu, and what is OpenAI France’s structure/role?
  • N-w3: Confirm the Covington → Uber → OpenSea → OpenAI path from a primary source. When did he join OpenAI, and from OpenSea or directly?
  • N-w4: Given the Uber tenure and Uber’s dual role (OpenAI landlord + early Altman investment, N-13), is there any further Uber↔OpenAI personnel/relationship overlap worth mapping?

Citations

(Shares numbering with OpenAI_LP_investigation.md §8.)

  • [30] Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) — OPENAI, L.L.C. (M24000007718): Authorized Signer “Wu, Robert Jaylin,” 1455 3rd St; Manager OpenAI GP, L.L.C.
  • [31] Bloomberg Law, “OpenAI’s Threatened Exodus Would Upend Legal Team,” 20 Nov 2023 (Robert Wu among OpenAI in-house attorneys); polesocietes.com — “Robert Wu, président de OpenAI France.”
  • [Avvo] Avvo attorney profile “Robert J. Wu” (avvo.com/attorneys/94158-ca-robert-wu-4138132.html) — CA bar 2012; VC/M&A/Corporate; USC + UCLA SOL; OpenAI 1455 3rd St address; Law Offices of Robert J. Wu, Washington DC.
  • [RR] RocketReach — “Robert Wu, Head of Corporate Legal at OpenSea,” prior Uber & Covington & Burling, UCLA J.D.