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Greg Brockman Officially Takes Control of OpenAI’s Products in Latest Shake-Up
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OpenAI told staff on Friday that it would reorganize the company as part of an ongoing effort to unify its product offerings, WIRED has learned.
Key facts
- Update 5/15/26 2:35ET: This story has been updated with additional details about new executive roles
- Other OpenAI executives left the company entirely last month, including the head of its AI workspace for scientists, Kevin Weil; head of Sora, Bill Peebles; and its chief technology officer
- OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman will now lead the company’s product strategy, in addition to his work on AI infrastructure, OpenAI confirms to WIRED
- Ashley Alexander, a former VP of Instagram who has been leading OpenAI’s work on health products, will now lead the company’s consumer product unit
Summary
“We’re consolidating our product efforts to execute with maximum focus toward the agentic future, to win across both consumer and enterprise,” Brockman said in a memo to staff seen by WIRED. OpenAI says it’s folding ChatGPT, its AI coding agent Codex, and its developer-facing API into one core product team. Other OpenAI leaders are also taking on larger roles at the company as part of the changes. OpenAI’s longtime head of ChatGPT, Nick Turley, is moving to a new role to lead the company’s work on enterprise products.