OpenAI CRO Dresser Exits; Wiz's Rajic to Replace Her
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- Denise Dresser is stepping down as OpenAI's chief revenue officer in the "coming weeks" to "pursue other opportunities," according to a team note she posted to LinkedIn.
- Dali Rajic, currently president and COO of cybersecurity firm Wiz, will take over the CRO role at OpenAI.
- Dresser joined OpenAI in December, arriving from the CEO seat at Slack.
- Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's special projects lead and former COO, announced his own departure just two days before Dresser's note; Dresser had absorbed some of his responsibilities when he shifted to the special projects role.
- Earlier high-profile OpenAI exits include former AGI chief Fidji Simo and former CMO Kate Rouch.
- The departure comes as OpenAI pushes toward a public offering; the company submitted a confidential S-1 filing to the SEC in June.
Why it matters: Losing both the CRO and a former COO inside the same week — on top of recent exits by the AGI chief and CMO — forces OpenAI to rebuild its commercial leadership bench while simultaneously advancing its confidential S-1 filing, with Dali Rajic pulled in from cybersecurity firm Wiz to fill Dresser's seat.
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