Ex-OpenAI VP says the most successful company teams are like the Avengers

VC Peter Deng said the most successful teams at companies he's worked with were "a team of Avengers" made up of specialists.

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• Peter Deng, a former VP at OpenAI, said he looks at teams as if they were products.
• The most successful groups he's worked with had varied skillsets, he said on "Lenny's Podcast."
• Deng said he prioritized staffing his teams with a series of specialists, like the Avengers, rather than generalists.

When investor Peter Deng worked at OpenAI...