OpenAI’s chief communications officer, Hannah Wong, introduced internally on Monday that she is leaving the firm in January, WIRED has discovered. In an announcement to WIRED, OpenAI spokesperson Kayla Wooden confirmed the departure.
“Hannah has performed a defining function in shaping how individuals perceive OpenAI and the work we do,” stated CEO Sam Altman and CEO of purposes Fidji Simo in a joint assertion. “She has a rare potential to convey readability to advanced concepts, and to do it with care and charm. We’re deeply grateful for her management and partnership these final 5 years, and we want her the best possible.”
Wong joined OpenAI in 2021 when it was a comparatively small analysis lab and has led the firm’s communications crew as ChatGPT has grown into one in all the world’s largest shopper merchandise. She was thought-about instrumental in main the firm by way of the PR disaster that was Altman’s transient ouster and rehiring in 2023—a interval the firm internally calls “the blip.” Wong assumed the chief communications officer function in August 2024 and has expanded the firm’s communications crew since then.
In a drafted LinkedIn put up shared with WIRED, Wong stated that OpenAI’s VP of communications, Lindsey Held, will lead the firm’s communications crew till a brand new chief communications officer is employed. OpenAI’s chief advertising officer, Kate Rouch, is main the seek for Wong’s substitute.
“These years have been intense and deeply formative,” stated Wong in the LinkedIn put up. “I’m grateful I received to assist inform OpenAI’s story, introduce ChatGPT and different unbelievable merchandise to the world, and share extra about the individuals forging the path to AGI throughout a rare second of development and momentum.”
Wong says she seems to be ahead to spending extra time along with her husband and children as she figures out the subsequent chapter in her profession.
Replace: 12/15/2025, 7:30 pm EDT: WIRED has clarified Kate Rouch’s title.
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