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January 3, 2026
Instacart’s CEO is about to take the reins of a big chunk of OpenAI
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TL;DR
- Fidji Simo, CEO of Instacart, will join OpenAI as CEO of Applications on August 18th.
- Simo will lead a significant portion of OpenAI and report directly to CEO Sam Altman.
- Her focus will be on scaling and growing AI use cases, particularly in areas like healthcare.
- Simo believes AI can drive breakthroughs in healthcare, career coaching, and personalized tutoring.
- She emphasized the importance of AI development choices in shaping future wealth and power distribution.
- Simo joined OpenAI's board in March 2024.
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