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• @shiringhaffary Shirin Ghaffary on x

  NEW: OpenAI's Fidji Simo announced exec changes to staff today: she is taking medical leave for several weeks, COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a new role, and CMO Kate Rouch is stepping down to focus on her cancer recovery. More here: https://www.bloomberg.com/... [image]

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  Other OAI org changes, per her memo: - COO @bradlightcap is shifting to “special projects,” which includes the “DeployCo” team of forward-deployed engineers that OpenAI hopes will accelerate enterprise adoption with big customers. CRO @dhdresser's scope is expanding to include

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  NEW: OpenAI's @fidjissimo is taking a leave of absence to focus on her health. From her note to employees that was just shared internally: “As I shared when I joined, I had a relapse of my neuroimmune condition a few weeks before starting the job. It's been a bit of a

• @edzitron.com Ed Zitron on bluesky

  Simo's leave is unrelated to anything about OpenAI, but Lightcap's shift to “special projects” is definitely weird.  Stable companies don't make so many changes! [embedded post]

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  A thing @thsottiaux told me that stood out: Over the next six months, he thinks the way AI has transformed the engineering process will extend to all of knowledge work. “I get more coding done than ever before, yet I don't actually write a single line of code anymore. That

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  I spent time with the Codex leadership team to understand OpenAI's new super app strategy, and what it says about where AI is headed this year TLDR: AI coding is about to power a lot more than software engineering https://sources.news/...

• @katiemiller Katie Miller on x

  She took the job while sick and already worked from home. This isn't a “leave”. She isn't coming back.

• @patrickmoorhead Patrick Moorhead on x

  Seriously, what is happening at OpenAI? Biggest venture funding round ever, out of consumer, out of Sora, into CarPlay (that's not consumer?), into podcasts, losing share to Anthropic. Make it make sense. The company better have something huge cooking... and soon.

• @paularambles @paularambles on x

  congratulations to @johncoogan on his new role as COO of openAI and @jordihays on his new role as CMO

• @signulll @signulll on x

  openai should hire some anons to run marketing. start with roon, work your way down & really focus on creating a small team that deeply understands the finer mechanics of products & culture. & most of the focus should be entirely on how ppl feel, not how ppl see. it'll

• @contrariancurse @contrariancurse on x

  It ain't looking good over there

• @kate_rouch Kate Rouch on x

  Courage isn't always pushing harder. Sometimes it's choosing your health, your family, and being around for the long run. I'm stepping down as OpenAI CMO to focus on cancer recovery. I hope to return in a different role when my health allows. OpenAI has been extraordinary

• @midnight_captl @midnight_captl on x

  What is going on at OpenAI? > Fidji hired to leads ChatGPT Ads >underwhelming results >"no more side quests" >buys a podcast >Goes on medical leave ???? [image]