OpenAI names Dali Rajic CRO as Denise Dresser exits
The leadership change follows another executive departure at OpenAI this week.
Why it matters
The change puts a new executive in charge of OpenAI’s revenue organization during a period of continuing leadership turnover. For the AI industry, the reshuffle underscores how major AI labs are still adjusting management structures as their commercial operations scale.
The key points
- 1.Denise Dresser will leave OpenAI in the coming weeks.
- 2.Dali Rajic will take over as OpenAI’s CRO.
- 3.The move follows Brad Lightcap’s departure announcement this week.
OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser, who joined the company in December after serving as Slack CEO, will leave in the coming weeks to pursue other opportunities, according to a team note she posted to LinkedIn. OpenAI said Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will take over the CRO role. The move follows special projects lead and former COO Brad Lightcap’s departure announcement earlier this week.
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