OpenAI cofounder and president Greg Brockman has officially taken over the company’s product strategy, OpenAI confirmed on Friday, May 15, 2026. The change makes permanent an arrangement that had been in place on an interim basis while CEO of AGI deployment Fidji Simo has been on medical leave.
As part of the restructuring, OpenAI is merging ChatGPT, its AI coding agent Codex, and its developer-facing API into a single core product team. “We’re consolidating our product efforts to execute with maximum focus toward the agentic future, to win across both consumer and enterprise,” Brockman wrote in a memo to staff, seen by WIRED. Brockman will continue his work on AI infrastructure alongside his new product responsibilities.
Two other executives are taking on expanded roles. Thibault Sottiaux, previously head of Codex, will lead the unified product and platform team across consumer, enterprise, and developer surfaces. Nick Turley, longtime head of ChatGPT, is moving to a new role focused on revamping enterprise products while continuing his work on ChatGPT, which has grown to more than 900 million weekly active users since he took over in 2022. OpenAI says Simo worked directly with Brockman on the organizational changes and that the company expects her return.
The restructuring follows a broader wave of executive departures last month, including Kevin Weil, head of OpenAI’s AI workspace for scientists; Bill Peebles, head of Sora; and Srinivas Narayanan, chief technology officer of enterprise applications.
OpenAI says Codex is increasingly powering both consumer and enterprise offerings as the company’s products gain the ability to perform digital tasks autonomously. The changes come as OpenAI faces competitive pressure from Anthropic in coding and Google in consumer chatbots, and as the company prepares for a potential IPO later in 2026.
Source: WIRED