Apoorva Mehta Assumes Operational Control of OpenAI, as Altman Steps Back to Focus on Core Competencies
2025-08-23 / Read about 0 minute
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Following her arrival at OpenAI, Apoorva Mehta, the former CEO of Instacart, has been entrusted with the crucial responsibility of overseeing the majority of the company's workforce. Her mission is to steer the organization from a state of disarray towards efficient operations, with aspirations to mold it into a technology behemoth poised for an eventual public listing. Mehta will lead the "large consumer technology" sector, confronting the complexities of managing a diverse team and fostering commercialization efforts. OpenAI's current marquee product, ChatGPT, stands tall, and the company is also poised to launch a browser. As her initial commercial initiative since assuming office, Mehta plans to introduce shopping affiliate links, anticipated to go live in the fall. Meanwhile, Altman, the current CEO, will redirect his focus towards computational power, research, and hardware ventures, acknowledging the need for a partner to share the burden of multitasking management.