Fidji Simo

French-American businessperson and CEO

Fidji Simo is a French-American businesswoman and the CEO of AGI Deployment at OpenAI. Prior to OpenAI, she spent a decade at Facebook where she was one of the top executives as the head of Facebook, and was CEO of Instacart from 2021 to 2025. She co-founded ChronicleBio, a technology-enabled biomedical research company focused on research into neuroimmune disorders, and is president of the nonprofit Complex Disorders Alliance (CODA). She is on the board of directors at Shopify and was previously on the board of OpenAI prior to her employment there.

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OpenAI's Fidji Simo Steps Down

OpenAI's Fidji Simo is stepping down as CEO of AGI deployment, creating a leadership vacuum.

OpenAI's Fidji Simo steps down to focus on health The Hindu — Jul 10, 05:40 AM
OpenAI debuts GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work to bring AI agents into the workplace The Indian Express — Jul 10, 02:41 AM
OpenAI's Number 2 Executive Fidji Simo Steps Down To Focus On health NDTV — Jul 10, 01:52 AM
Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s no. 2 role Techcrunch — Jul 09, 23:38 PM
OpenAI launches its new family of models with GPT-5.6 Techcrunch — Jul 09, 22:24 PM
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work aim to beat Anthropic on price, speed, and productivity ZDNet — Jul 09, 20:26 PM
OpenAI releases latest ChatGPT model after delay over White House cybersecurity concerns The Guardian — Jul 09, 18:48 PM
OpenAI unveils long-awaited "super app" as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies The Hindu — Jul 10, 03:39 AM
A Top OpenAI Executive, Fidji Simo, Steps Down The New York Times — Jul 10, 00:38 AM
OpenAI unveils long-awaited “super app” as rivalry with Anthropic intensifies The Straits Times — Jul 10, 00:25 AM
Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness The Verge — Jul 09, 23:24 PM
OpenAI's Powerful New ChatGPT-5.6 Is Ready for You CNET — Jul 09, 21:27 PM
Sam Altman said everyone at Sun Valley wants to know how to make AI cheaper Business Insider — Jul 10, 04:25 AM
OpenAI's No. 2 executive steps down over health issues Axios — Jul 10, 00:10 AM
OpenAI's applications chief Fidji Simo to step down Channel News Asia — Jul 09, 23:23 PM
GPT-5.6 Sol nearly matches Fable 5 on aggregated benchmarks at one-third the cost The Decoder — Jul 09, 18:37 PM
OpenAI's big launch — and bigger departure Platformer — Jul 10, 00:18 AM
OpenAI says GPT 5.6 is the ‘preferred model’ for Microsoft Copilot amid breakup chatter Techcrunch — Jul 10, 00:16 AM
OpenAI exec Fidji Simo says she will step down and transition to part-time advisor CNBC — Jul 09, 23:17 PM
OpenAI’s CEO of AGI Deployment Fidji Simo Is Stepping Down Wired — Jul 09, 23:13 PM