Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI’s AGI work due to illness
OpenAI's Fidji Simo is departing her full-time role as the company's AGI chief and is transitioning to being a "part-time advisor," she said on X. The news follows Simo's original announcement in April that she would take a few weeks of medical leave due to a neuroimmune condition, shortly after she had taken on the AGI chief title. (She had formerly been the company's CEO of applications). Around the same time, COO Brad Lightcap also stepped down from his role to focus on "spe
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Fidji Simo, who led OpenAI's AGI work, is stepping down from her full-time role and transitioning to a part-time advisor position due to illness. Simo announced in April that she had taken medical leave for a neuroimmune condition shortly after taking on the AGI chief title. Her departure is part of a broader wave of leadership changes at OpenAI, including departures by the COO and CMO around the same time, with the company undergoing a reorganization to focus on AI agent goals and product strategy.
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