New Delhi, May 8 -- Fidji Simo has been appointed as the CEO of Applications at Sam Altman's OpenAI. In a post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman informed the latest development. Altman confirmed that he will remain the CEO of OpenAI, while Simo will be reporting to him.

"So excited that @fidjissimo is joining OpenAI in a new role: ceo of applications, reporting to me. I'll remain CEOof OpenAI, but in this new configuration I'll be able to increase my focus on research, compute, and safety. These are critical as we approach superintelligence," Altman wrote on X.

Fidji Simo has been the CEO of Instacart, a grocery delivery app, since 2021. She is also a Board Member at OpenAI and Shopify, according to Simo's LinkedIn profile. Additionally, Simo...