Managing Director of Instacart Fidji simo He participates in Openai as the CEO of apps, Chatgpt Maker said on Thursday. Simo, already a member of the Board of Directors in Openai, will go from Instacart in the coming months and participate in AI full -time AI later this year.
Openai’s chief executive Sam Altman said he would continue in his role, overseeing verticals such as research, calculation and applications. Simo will report directly to Altman.
“Applications are gathering a team of existing business and business teams responsible for how our research reaches and benefits the world and Fidji is unique to lead this team. a blog post.
Simo will also help Openai to escalate the company’s “traditional” functions, Altman said, but did not give further details.
Simo has years of experience in product management and revenue. Before joining Instacart in 2021, he spent more than a decade on Meta, leading to starting advertising in the news flow. Head creation of revenue from the Facebook app, overseeing the development of products for Facebook video. and helping to build her business advertising. He left Meta as head of the Facebook app. After joining Instacart, it helped get the company public in 2023.
In a post in X, Simo said he would do Stay as Chairman of the Instacart Board. In Letter to Instacart employeesHe said that today’s member of the company’s management would replace it as CEO and soon be made a statement.
“Integration into Openai at this critical moment is an incredible privilege and responsibility. This organization has the ability to accelerate human resources at a rate it has never seen before and I am deeply committed to shaping these applications towards the public good,” he said in a statement.
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