"OpenAI said Tuesday it has picked Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue, a message to wary investors that the ChatGPT maker is serious about making a profit from its artificial intelligence technology. OpenAI said Dresser will oversee global revenue strategy and "help more businesses put AI to work in their day-to-day operations." Dresser had already spent more than a decade at Salesforce when the software pioneer announced in 2020 it was buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion."
"She helped integrate Slack into the software company before Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff picked her as CEO in 2023. Salesforce said in a statement that it was "grateful for Denise's leadership during her 14 years at Salesforce." Rob Seaman, Slack's chief product officer, will take over her responsibilities on an interim basis. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman earlier this month set off a "code red" alert in an internal email to employees to improve its flagship product, ChatGPT, and delay other product developments."
OpenAI named Denise Dresser as its first chief of revenue to lead global revenue strategy and accelerate business adoption of AI in daily operations. Dresser spent over a decade at Salesforce, helped integrate Slack after Salesforce agreed to buy it for $27.7 billion, and became Slack CEO in 2023. Salesforce expressed gratitude for her 14 years there, and Rob Seaman will serve as interim Slack leader. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman issued a "code red" to improve ChatGPT and pause other product developments. ChatGPT has more than 800 million weekly users, but OpenAI remains unprofitable, valued at $500 billion with over $1 trillion in obligations while facing competition from products like Google's Gemini 3.
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