Slack CEO Dennis Dresser will join OpenAI as chief revenue officer

OpenAI is hiring Slack CEO Dennis Dresser as its new chief revenue officer. The news was first published by Wiredthen Confirmed by OpenAI In a blog post.

Dresser’s new role comes after more than 14 years at Salesforce, Slack’s parent company. While at Slack, Dresser oversaw the introduction of several AI features.

OpenAI says Dresser will be responsible for the company’s revenue strategy in enterprise and customer success. This is a pivotal role, given that the company has The rocky road ahead If she wants to make a profit at any time.

“We are on our way to putting AI tools in the hands of millions of workers, in every industry,” Fidji Simo, chief applications officer at OpenAI, said in a statement. “Denise has led this kind of transformation before, and her expertise will help us make AI useful, reliable and accessible to businesses everywhere.”

Like Dresser, Simo also joined OpenAI this year after a long record of high-level leadership, most recently as CEO of Instacart, which became Close partner From OpenAI.

Rob Seaman, Slack’s chief product officer, will become Slack’s interim CEO, according to Wired.