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 it as Dresser leaving to “explore other opportunities.”

Enter Dali Rajic

Rajic steps into the CRO seat with a background in scaling operations at high-growth tech companies. Most notably, she served as president and COO at Wiz, the cybersecurity firm that was acquired by Google.

The company’s business customer base has more than doubled over the past year. OpenAI now counts more than two million businesses using its products, up from one million the year prior.

The bigger picture at OpenAI

This CRO transition doesn’t exist in isolation. OpenAI has been cycling through senior leadership at a notable pace. Brad Lightcap’s departure adds another name to a growing list of executives who have entered and exited the company during its meteoric rise from research lab to commercial juggernaut.

The company is widely understood to be preparing for a potential IPO, and that process brings intense pressure to professionalize every function, from revenue operations to compliance to financial reporting.

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