OpenAI revenue chief Denise Dresser leaving, second major executive departure in days

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  August 13, 2026 at 17:27  |  2:49  |  CNBC
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Kate Rooney — Technology Reporter

Summary

CNBC's Kate Rooney reports that OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser is leaving after less than a year, the latest executive departure at the company. She notes OpenAI's enterprise business has doubled to more than 2 million businesses. Rooney also says Anthropic is ahead of OpenAI on the road to a public offering despite both having filed confidentially.

  • Host notes the SOX semiconductor index rally is being driven by smaller names beyond NVIDIA.
  • Kate Rooney reports OpenAI chief revenue officer Denise Dresser is leaving after less than a year.
  • Dresser came from Salesforce and helped scale OpenAI's enterprise sales effort.
  • OpenAI appoints Dolly Rogich, formerly with Wiz, to a leadership role.
  • OpenAI says enterprise usage doubled to more than 2 million businesses.
  • Recent OpenAI departures include COO Brad Lightcap and the company's CMO.
  • Anthropic is reportedly ahead of OpenAI on the path to an IPO.
  • Anthropic is said to be testing investor interest around a possible $2 trillion valuation.
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Smaller semis are lifting SOX higher
The SOX semiconductor index cannot be up this much on NVIDIA alone, so smaller semiconductor names must be contributing to the rally.
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