OpenAI hires former Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar as first CFO
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OpenAI said it hired Sarah Friar, the former CEO of social media firm Nextdoor, as its first chief financial officer.
OpenAI said on Monday it had hired Sarah Friar, the former CEO of social media firm Nextdoor, as its first chief financial officer.
The artificial intelligence firm has also appointed Kevin Weil, who has previously worked at Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, as chief product officer.
Friar earlier served as CFO at Square and is also a member of Walmart's board. She has also previously worked at Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and Salesforce .
"Sarah and Kevin bring a depth of experience that will enable OpenAI to scale our operations, set a strategy for the next phase of growth, and ensure that our teams have the resources they need to continue to thrive," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement on Monday.
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The new appointments follow the departure of OpenAI co-founder and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever in May, who was replaced by Jakub Pachocki.
Pachocki has previously served as OpenAI's director of research and led the development of GPT-4 and OpenAI Five.
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