OpenAI executive shuffle includes new role for COO Brad Lightcap to lead ‘special projects’

A handful of OpenAI executives are transitioning into new roles, in keeping with a report from Bloomberg. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the personnel modifications to Trendster.

CEO of AGI improvement Fidji Simo introduced in a memo that Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s COO, has a brand new job main “particular initiatives,” which can contain “advanced offers and investments throughout the corporate.” He’ll report on to CEO Sam Altman.

Denise Dresser, the previous Slack CEO who just lately joined OpenAI as chief income officer, will take over a few of Lightcap’s industrial duties.

Simo additionally had information of her personal to share: She shall be taking medical depart for the following a number of weeks to navigate a neuroimmune situation.

“I’ve completed every thing attainable to keep away from it, however sadly my physique isn’t cooperating,” Simo wrote within the memo obtained by Bloomberg.

“The timing is frustrating as a result of we’ve such an thrilling roadmap forward that the group is executing on, and I hate to overlook even a minute of it,” she stated.

Whereas she is on depart, OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman will handle product.

Kate Rouch, OpenAI’s advertising and marketing head, may also be stepping down from her position to give attention to most cancers restoration, however will return to a “completely different, extra narrowly scoped position when her well being permits,” the memo stated. The corporate plans to seek for a brand new CMO.

“Now we have a robust management group centered on our greatest priorities: advancing frontier analysis, rising our world person base of almost 1 billion customers, and powering enterprise use instances,” OpenAI instructed Trendster in an announcement. “We’re well-positioned to maintain executing with continuity and momentum.”

Replace, 4/3/26, 6:25 PM ET with extra context round Dresser’s position.