OpenAI names Instacart leader Fidji Simo as new CEO of Applications
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Summary
OpenAI has hired Fidji Simo, the current CEO and chair of grocery delivery company Instacart, to be CEO of its new Applications division, a newly created executive role.
Simo will assume her new position at the end of 2025, and will report directly to OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman.
Her duties will include leading teams engaged in translating OpenAI’s research into products for consumers and businesses.
In a statement to her staff at Instacart, which she later posted on her LinkedIn page, Simo said: “This was an incredibly hard decision because I love this company… At the same time, you all know my passion for AI generally and in particular for the potential it has to cure diseases — the ability to lead such an important part of our collective future was a hard opportunity to pass up.