OpenAI said Denise Dresser, its Chief Revenue Officer since December 2025, will leave the company to pursue other opportunities after less than a year in the role [1, 2, 3]. OpenAI President Greg Brockman praised Dresser, saying, "Denise has led our revenue organization through a formative period for the business and has worked tirelessly to get the team to where it is today" [3].
Dresser helped double OpenAI's business customers to 2 million within her tenure as Chief Revenue Officer [3]. During her leadership, the enterprise segment surpassed consumer revenue, with OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate reaching $40 billion as of August 14, 2026, according to CFO Sarah Friar [4]. Friar noted, "We entered the year at 60-40, but enterprise has accelerated much faster than expected and those lines have now crossed. The majority of our revenue is now enterprise" [4].
Dali Rajic has been appointed to replace Dresser as Chief Revenue Officer. Rajic was previously president and COO of the cybersecurity firm Wiz [1, 2, 3, 5]. OpenAI stated, "Dali will build the revenue operating system needed to scale for this next phase" [2].
Rajic joins amid broader leadership changes, coming days after longtime OpenAI executive and former COO Brad Lightcap announced his departure on August 11, 2026 [1, 2, 3, 5]. Several other former executives, including Fidji Simo and Kate Rouch, have stepped down this year [2, 3, 5].
OpenAI is preparing for its initial public offering (IPO), expected in 2027 [1, 2, 3, 5]. The company is also expanding ChatGPT advertising products through carousel ads, optimized pricing, and partnerships with mobile measurement companies [5].
Meanwhile, Anthropic introduced watermarking technology for AI-generated text in the EU on August 2, 2026, to enhance content provenance and detection, signaling competitive innovation in the AI market [5].
OpenAI’s next major milestone will be the planned IPO next year as the company positions itself for scalability under Rajic’s revenue leadership.
