Fidji Simo
Part-time advisor, OpenAI (former CEO of Applications / AGI Deployment) · as of 2026-10-04 · source
Ran all of OpenAI's product and business teams as CEO of Applications (later titled CEO of AGI Deployment) from August 2025 until July 2026.
Role changes
- 2026-07-09 Stepped down from her full-time OpenAI role to become a part-time advisor; duties split between Brockman, Friar and Kwon source
- 2025-05-07 Announced she would leave Instacart to become OpenAI CEO of Applications (started August 2025) source
News mentioning Fidji Simo (2)
- Fidji Simo steps down as OpenAI's CEO of AGI Deployment (No. 2) for health reasons; Brockman, Friar and Kwon split her duties ★★★
On July 9, 2026 Fidji Simo, OpenAI's second-ranking executive (CEO of Applications, later titled CEO of AGI Deployment), told staff she would leave her full-time role and become a part-time advisor because her medical leave for a chronic neuroimmune condition (POTS) was taking longer than…
- Kevin Weil and Sora lead Bill Peebles leave OpenAI as it folds OpenAI for Science into other teams and sheds 'side quests' ★★
On April 17, 2026 Kevin Weil (former chief product officer, then head of OpenAI for Science) and Bill Peebles (head of Sora) announced they were leaving OpenAI, along with enterprise-applications CTO Srinivas Narayanan. OpenAI was folding the standalone science unit into other research teams and…
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