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OpenAI hires Wiz executive Dali Rajic as new revenue chief

OpenAI hires Wiz executive Dali Rajic as new revenue chief
OpenAI Hires New Chief Revenue Officer After Less Than a Year · deccanchronicle.com

OpenAI is the company that makes ChatGPT, a famous computer program that can answer questions and help people and businesses.

The company is getting ready for a big step called an IPO, where people can buy pieces of the company like they do with other big companies.

To get ready, OpenAI wanted a strong new leader who is very good at helping companies make money.

OpenAI hired a new money-making boss named Dali Rajic, who used to work at Wiz, a company that protects computers from hackers.

The previous money-making boss, Denise Dresser, is leaving after less than a year, which is a very short time for such an important job.

Several other important OpenAI leaders have also left or announced they are leaving.

OpenAI says it is growing very fast and now makes about two billion dollars every month.

OpenAI's biggest rival is another AI company called Anthropic, which makes a smart program named Claude.

Anthropic is worth a lot of money and might sell its shares to the public before OpenAI does.

That is why OpenAI is working hard to win business customers and show that its AI is worth paying for.

Key facts

New Chief Revenue Officer
Dali Rajic, former president and COO of Wiz
Outgoing Chief Revenue Officer
Denise Dresser, former CEO of Slack
Executive departures
Brad Lightcap (announced exit this week), Fidji Simo (stepped down last month), Kevin Weil (left in April)
July revenue run rate growth
More than 20% month-over-month; 32% for business customers
Monthly revenue
About $2 billion
Enterprise share of revenue
More than 40%; parity with consumer business expected by end of 2026
Anthropic IPO status
$965 billion valuation; confidential US IPO filing in June; expected to go public first as soon as this fall
ChatGPT weekly active users
Topped 1 billion last month

Quotes

Dali Rajic

Former president and COO of Wiz, now OpenAI’s chief revenue officer

“Looking forward to building on the company's momentum and helping customers realise the value of AI.”
firstpost.com

Greg Brockman

OpenAI President

“Denise has led our revenue organization through a formative period for the business and has worked tirelessly to get the team to where it is today. The way we’re deploying this technology is changing rapidly, and Dali will turn what we’ve learned into repeatable execution as we build out the full system to make AI broadly useful for people and businesses.”
livemint.com deccanchronicle.com

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