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Fidji Simo has joined OpenAI as CEO of Applications, overseeing the company’s consumer technology division and managing most of its 3,000 employees. Her role allows CEO Sam Altman to focus on OpenAI’s compute infrastructure, research, and emerging projects such as brain-computer interfaces and consumer hardware. Simo, formerly CEO of Instacart and a veteran of Facebook’s growth era, is tasked with transforming OpenAI’s consumer offerings, including ChatGPT and upcoming products like a browser and monetization features such as affiliate links. She will oversee key executives in operations, finance, product, engineering, marketing, policy, legal, and HR. Simo replaces the recently departed chief people officer Julia Villagra. Altman remains CEO of OpenAI and directly manages research and hardware teams, while Simo reports to him. This leadership restructuring reflects OpenAI’s expansion from a research lab into a large-scale product and infrastructure company with ambitions to become a publicly traded tech giant. (Updated 23 Aug 2025, 11:52 IST; source: link)