OpenAI Consolidates Product Strategy as Greg Brockman Assumes Official Leadership
Co-founder Greg Brockman takes permanent control of product strategy, while Thibault Sottiaux and Nick Turley assume new roles in a move aimed at streamlining offerings for the agentic future.
OpenAI has formally restructured its executive ranks to merge ChatGPT and Codex into a single core product experience, confirming that co-founder and president Greg Brockman has officially assumed leadership of the company’s product strategy. The announcement, communicated to staff on Friday and verified by WIRED, marks the end of an interim period during which Brockman oversaw product operations while CEO of AGI deployment Fidji Simo was on medical leave.
Brockman stated in a memo to staff that the consolidation is designed to focus on an “agentic future” across both consumer and enterprise markets. The restructuring involves folding ChatGPT, the AI coding agent Codex, and the developer-facing API into one unified core product team. OpenAI noted that Codex is increasingly powering its consumer and enterprise offerings, which are gaining the capability to perform digital tasks autonomously on behalf of users.
Thibault Sottiaux, the head of Codex, has been appointed to lead the core product and platform across consumer, enterprise, and developer surfaces. Sottiaux was a key figure in building Codex into one of the company’s fastest-growing products. Meanwhile, Nick Turley, the former head of ChatGPT, has moved to a new role focused on revamping enterprise products. Turley, who has helped grow ChatGPT to more than 900 million weekly active users since taking over in 2022, will continue his work on the platform while overseeing the enterprise strategy.
The reorganisation comes as OpenAI faces intensifying competition from rivals such as Anthropic in the coding domain and Google in the consumer chatbot space. Leadership aims to simplify product offerings as the company prepares for a potential initial public offering later this year. Simo, who remains on medical leave, worked directly with Brockman on these organisational changes and product strategy during her absence, according to the company.
This shakeup follows a period of significant executive turnover, including the departures of Kevin Weil, head of AI workspace for scientists; Bill Peebles, head of Sora; and Srinivas Narayanan, chief technology officer of enterprise applications. OpenAI leaders hope that this refocus on key product areas, including ChatGPT, Codex, and a forthcoming “everything app,” will position the company for success ahead of its public market debut.
