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April 5, 2026
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. NEW: OpenAI's Fidji Simo announced exec changes to staff today: she is taking medical leave for several weeks, COO Brad Lightcap is transitioning to a new role, and CMO Kate Rouch is stepping down to focus on her cancer recovery. More here: https://t.co/EfAqZI7jN3 pic.twitter.com/KmWoXUG0Iu 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. '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... learn more