OpenAI parts ways with chief revenue officer Denise Dresser amid executive changes

Denise Dresser’s run as OpenAI’s chief revenue officer was brief but eventful. Appointed on December 9, 2025, she departed the company on August 13, 2026, after roughly eight months of building out the commercial engine for one of the most closely watched companies in tech. Her exit came the same day OpenAI named Dali Rajic, former president and COO of Wiz, as her replacement. The swap is part of a wider executive reshuffling at OpenAI that also includes the departure of longtime executive Brad Lightcap, all happening as the company positions itself for a potential initial public offering. A short but formative chapter Dresser arrived at OpenAI with a resume tailor-made for the job. She previously served as CEO of Slack and spent over a decade building sales organizations at Salesforce. Her mandate was straightforward: professionalize OpenAI’s commercial operations during a period when enterprise AI adoption was accelerating faster than most forecasters expected. OpenAI credited Dresser with assembling a strong revenue team and cultivating relationships with major enterprise customers during what the company described as a formative phase for its business operations. OpenAI framed ...