{"id":667813,"date":"2025-05-08T10:29:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/instacart-ceo-fidji-simo-is-joining-openai\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T10:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T07:29:29","slug":"instacart-ceo-fidji-simo-is-joining-openai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/instacart-ceo-fidji-simo-is-joining-openai\/","title":{"rendered":"Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is joining OpenAI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instacart CEO <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fidjisimo\">Fidji Simo<\/a> is joining OpenAI as CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>lications, the ChatGPT maker said on Thursday. Simo, already a board member at OpenAI, will transition out of Instacart over the next few months and join the AI company full-time later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he would continue in his role, overseeing verticals like research, compute and applications. Simo will directly report to Altman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cApplications brings together a group of existing business and operational teams responsible for how our research reaches and benefits the world, and Fidji is uniquely qualified to lead this group. Serving as an OpenAI board member over the past year, Fidji has already contributed a great deal to our company. She will transition from her role at Instacart over the next few months and join OpenAI later this year,\u201d Altman wrote in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/leadership-expansion-with-fidji-simo\/\">a blog post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simo will also help OpenAI in scaling \u201ctraditional\u201d company functions, Altman said, but he didn\u2019t provide further details.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simo has years of experience in product management and monetization. Before joining Instacart in 2021, she spent more than a decade at Meta, leading the launch of ads on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Feed; heading monetization for the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> app, overseeing product development for Facebook Video; and helping build its advertising business. She exited Meta as head of the Facebook app. After joining Instacart, she helped take the company public in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on X, Simo said she would <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fidjissimo\/status\/1920345706663157979\">stay on as chair of the Instacart board<\/a>. In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instacart.com\/company\/updates\/leadership-update-a-letter-from-fidji-simo\/\">a letter to Instacart employees<\/a>, she said a current member of the company\u2019s management would replace her as CEO, and an announcement would be made soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJoining OpenAI at this critical moment is an incredible privilege and responsibility. This organization has the potential of accelerating human potential at a pace never seen before and I am deeply committed to shaping these applications toward the public good,\u201d she said in a statement. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">Berkeley, CA<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">June 5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span>BOOK NOW<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMN63nwsw68G3Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more like this article, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/category\/technology\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Technology<\/a><\/span> category.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/05\/07\/instacart-ceo-fidji-simo-is-joining-openai\/\" target=\"_blank\" >Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is joining OpenAI as CEO of Applications, the ChatGPT maker said on Thursday. Simo, already a board member at OpenAI, will transition out of Instacart over the next few months and join the AI company full-time later this year. 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