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3d ago

OpenAI Appoints Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as Head of Applications Division

Simo will transition from Instacart over the summer to lead OpenAI’s new Applications division, reporting directly to Sam Altman.

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OpenAI has hired Instacart CEO Fidji Simo, seen here, to head a new Applications division that will include all of the company's product offerings and business operations. She will report directly to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Fidji Simo, seen here in 2018, will join OpenAI as its first-ever CEO of Applications "later this year."
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Overview

  • Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart and OpenAI board member since March 2024, has been named CEO of Applications at OpenAI.
  • The newly created Applications division consolidates OpenAI’s business and operational teams to scale its research commercialization.
  • Simo will report directly to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who will focus on research, compute infrastructure, and safety initiatives.
  • She will remain at Instacart for the next few months during a managed leadership transition and join OpenAI full-time later in 2025.
  • Simo brings extensive experience from her tenure at Meta and Instacart, where she led product innovation and a successful IPO in 2023.