OpenAI’s chief operating officer is changing roles amid a broader management shake-up as the group prepares for an initial public offering as soon as this year.
The ChatGPT-maker told employees on Friday that COO Brad Lightcap would take on new responsibilities focused on special projects, according to a memo seen by the FT.
Lightcap, one of chief executive Sam Altman’s most trusted lieutenants, will oversee the group’s effort to get businesses to adopt AI by embedding company engineers in customers’ teams. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI from Salesforce as chief revenue officer, will absorb most of Lightcap’s previous responsibilities.