OpenAI has announced significant executive appointments, naming Sarah Friar as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Kevin Weil as Product Chief. Sarah Friar, previously CEO of NextDoor and a veteran of Square, brings extensive experience in technology and finance to the role. This move has sparked speculation about a potential IPO for OpenAI. Additionally, OpenAI has secured a deal with Apple to integrate ChatGPT into Apple's ecosystem, marking a notable expansion of its AI capabilities. These appointments highlight OpenAI's focus on executives with strong B2C backgrounds.
OpenAI has appointed two new executives, Sarah Friar and Kevin Weil, to lead its finance and product teams respectively. https://t.co/M1Fq6O1mSB
OpenAI taps veteran of Nextdoor, Square as new CFO, raising speculation about IPO https://t.co/IDsuUFhq29
OpenAI named Sarah Friar as finance chief, choosing a well-known technology executive to lead the ChatGPT maker’s finances during a period of rapid growth and intensifying scrutiny of the artificial-intelligence industry https://t.co/Q9yFBycYHb https://t.co/Q9yFBycYHb
OpenAI names new CFO, raising speculation about possible IPO https://t.co/dCemNoX65M
OpenAI hires new CFO and product chief, announces Apple deal to integrate ChatGPT https://t.co/JV7xIrNe6H
Lots of recent executive announcements in AI. Seems the two AI giants are prioritizing past executive experience with AI and B2C (NextDoor, Twitter, IG, and Airbnb are huge AI users) over B2B. - Sarah Friar joins OpenAI as CFO; most recently CEO of NextDoor - Kevin Weil joins…