OpenAI Loses Second Exec This Week: CRO Dresser Departs
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- Denise Dresser is departing as OpenAI's CRO in the "coming weeks" to "pursue other opportunities," per a team note she posted on LinkedIn.
- Dali Rajic, currently president and COO of Wiz, will take over the CRO role, with OpenAI saying he will "build the revenue operating system needed to scale for this next phase."
- Dresser's exit follows Brad Lightcap's departure two days ago—Lightcap had been OpenAI's special projects lead and former COO, with Dresser having taken over some of his responsibilities.
- Dresser joined OpenAI as CRO in December after serving as CEO of Slack.
- Earlier major exits include former AGI chief Fidji Simo and former CMO Kate Rouch, both of whom "recently stepped down" per the source.
- Dresser's departure comes ahead of OpenAI's IPO; the company submitted a confidential S-1 filing to the SEC in June.
Why it matters: With four senior leaders—Lightcap, Dresser, Simo, and Rouch—out in recent succession ahead of a confidential IPO filing, OpenAI is handing its commercial strategy to Wiz's Dali Rajic at a pivotal scaling moment it calls an "inflection point."
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