<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">A handful of OpenAI executives are transitioning into new roles, according to a report from <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-03/openai-coo-shifts-out-of-role-agi-ceo-taking-medical-leave?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NTI0Mzk3NCwiZXhwIjoxNzc1ODQ4Nzc0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQ1hNVDRLR0NURk4wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFODA3NUYyRkZGMjA0NUI2QTlEQzA5M0EyQTdEQTE4NiJ9.OAyIJhXpoceHikOoynpujRz-mlK__UKaGUV_c6ACHOs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">Bloomberg</a>. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed the personnel changes to TechCrunch.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">CEO of AGI development Fidji Simo announced in a memo that Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s COO, has a new job leading “special projects,” which will involve “complex deals and investments across the company.” He will report directly to CEO Sam Altman.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Denise Dresser, the former Slack CEO who <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/slack-ceo-denise-dresser-to-join-openai-as-chief-revenue-officer/">recently joined</a> OpenAI as chief revenue officer, will take over some of Lightcap’s commercial duties.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Simo also had news of her own to share: She will be taking medical leave for the next several weeks to navigate a neuroimmune condition.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I have done everything possible to avoid it, but sadly my body isn’t cooperating,” Simo wrote in the memo obtained by Bloomberg.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“The timing is maddening because we have such an exciting roadmap ahead that the team is executing on, and I hate to miss even a minute of it,” she said. </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While she is on leave, OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman will manage product.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Kate Rouch, OpenAI’s marketing head, will also be stepping down from her role to focus on cancer recovery, but will return to a “different, more narrowly scoped role when her health allows,” the memo said. The company plans to search for a new CMO.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We have a strong leadership team focused on our biggest priorities: advancing frontier research, growing our global user base of nearly 1 billion users, and powering enterprise use cases,” OpenAI told TechCrunch in a statement. “We’re well-positioned to keep executing with continuity and momentum.”</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><em>Update, 4/3/26, 6:25 PM ET with additional context around Dresser’s role.</em></p>
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