{"slug": "openai-is-losing-its-second-executive-this-week", "title": "OpenAI is losing its second executive this week", "summary": "OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser is leaving the company in the coming weeks to pursue other opportunities, marking the second executive departure this week after special projects lead Brad Lightcap announced his exit. Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will take over as CRO, according to OpenAI. The departure comes as OpenAI prepares for an IPO, having submitted a confidential S-1 filing to the SEC in June.", "body_md": "Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer [in December](/news/841540/openai-slack-ceo-denise-dresser-chief-revenue-officer) after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving in the “coming weeks” to “pursue other opportunities,” she said in [a team note posted to LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7493699644359630848/). Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will be taking over the CRO role, [OpenAI says](https://openai.com/index/dali-rajic-chief-revenue-officer/).\n\n# OpenAI is losing its second executive this week\n\nChief revenue officer Denise Dresser announced she is leaving OpenAI. Two days ago, Brad Lightcap also said he’d be leaving.\n\nChief revenue officer Denise Dresser announced she is leaving OpenAI. Two days ago, Brad Lightcap also said he’d be leaving.\n\nDresser’s departure is just the latest in a string of major exits. Earlier this week, special projects lead and former COO Brad Lightcap [announced he would be leaving](/ai-artificial-intelligence/978048/brad-lightcap-openai-executive-departure). (Dresser had taken over some of Lightcap’s work when he moved to the special projects role.) Former [AGI chief Fidji Simo](/ai-artificial-intelligence/963738/openai-fidji-simo-steps-down-ceo-advisor) and [former CMO Kate Rouch](/ai-artificial-intelligence/906965/openais-agi-boss-is-taking-a-leave-of-absence) also recently stepped down.\n\n“We’re now at an inflection point: the next generation of models will change not just how work gets done but how companies are built and run,” OpenAI says. “Dali will build the revenue operating system needed to scale for this next phase.”\n\nDresser is also leaving ahead of OpenAI’s IPO; the company announced [in June](/ai-artificial-intelligence/946335/openai-ipo-s-1-confidential) that it had submitted a confidential S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission.\n\n**Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.\n\n## Most Popular\n\n- This is Instagram’s new logo\n- How Google’s new Pixel 11 phones compare to last year’s models\n- Xbox Elite 3 prototype pad leaks with tiny built-in screen\n- Google’s Pixel 11 series pairs a little new hardware with a lot of new software\n- It looks like Apple’s iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-losing-its-second-executive-this-week", "canonical_source": "https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/979815/openai-denise-dresser-leaving-executive-departure", "published_at": "2026-08-13 19:28:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-13 19:49:25.955792+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Denise Dresser", "Brad Lightcap", "Dali Rajic", "Wiz", "Slack", "Fidji Simo", "Kate Rouch"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-losing-its-second-executive-this-week", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-losing-its-second-executive-this-week.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-losing-its-second-executive-this-week.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-is-losing-its-second-executive-this-week.jsonld"}}