Caitlin Kalinowski
Hardware engineer; led robotics at OpenAI, VR hardware at Meta.
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- Caitlin Kalinowski is an American product designer and mechanical engineer.
- She led robotics and consumer hardware at OpenAI from November 2024 until she resigned in March 2026.
- Before that she was head of AR glasses and VR hardware at Meta (Quest, Rift, Orion), and earlier a technical lead on the MacBook Air and Mac Pro at Apple.
Key facts
- OpenAI
- Led robotics and consumer hardware, November 2024 to March 20261
- Meta
- Head of AR glasses and VR hardware; Quest, Rift and Orion2
- Apple
- Technical lead, MacBook Air and Mac Pro2
- Education
- BS mechanical engineering, Stanford (2007)1
Roles
Before
Part of until Mar 2026
OpenAI (Led robotics and consumer hardware; resigned March 2026) source on OpenAI
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