Overview
- OpenAI announced Thursday that Denise Dresser will leave in the coming weeks and that Dali Rajic, formerly president and COO of cloud security firm Wiz, will become chief revenue officer.
- Dresser joined OpenAI in December 2025 to scale sales and helped grow enterprise customers and revenue to roughly 40 percent of the business, with an internal goal of about 50 percent by the end of 2026.
- The CRO change is the latest in a burst of senior exits and role shifts this year, including the recent departures of Brad Lightcap and Fidji Simo, as the company reorganizes its leadership.
- Rajic brings direct enterprise security and sales experience from Wiz, Zscaler and AppDynamics, a background OpenAI says will help close deals stalled by corporate security and compliance concerns.
- The move comes as OpenAI finalizes IPO preparations after a confidential SEC filing in June, and it could influence investor confidence, enterprise adoption, and scrutiny of the company’s governance and revenue execution.