OpenAI's Fidji Simo on why ads are coming to ChatGPT · Sources Podcast / YouTube
Known for
Stepped back July 2026; part-time OpenAI advisor.
Why chosen
She bridges consumer apps at billion-user scale and AI at the frontier. She spent a decade at Facebook, rising to head of the Facebook app. In 2021 she became CEO of Instacart, which she took public in 2023, and in March 2024 she joined OpenAI's board. In 2025 she became OpenAI's CEO of Applications, overseeing how its research reached hundreds of millions of people. In July 2026 she moved from her full-time role to a part-time advisory role at OpenAI. Scale is her native tongue.
Worked with
Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI
OpenAI's Fidji Simo on why ads are coming to ChatGPT · Sources Podcast / YouTube
Role
Former CEO of Applications, OpenAI
Status
Stepped backStepped back from her full-time role in July 2026; now a part-time advisor to OpenAI.