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OpenAI Hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer

The move signals OpenAI's push to convert enterprise demand for AI into sustained revenue.

Overview

  • OpenAI said Dresser will oversee global revenue strategy to help more businesses put AI to work in daily operations.
  • She will manage the company’s enterprise unit and report to COO Brad Lightcap, with her start expected next week, according to WIRED.
  • Rob Seaman, Slack’s chief product officer, will serve as interim CEO, according to sources cited by WIRED.
  • OpenAI executive Fidji Simo praised Dresser’s track record scaling workplace technology, framing the hire as key to broad worker adoption.
  • Dresser spent 14 years at Slack, became CEO in 2023, and led AI features such as meeting summaries and integrations with Salesforce’s AI agents.