- Part-time advisor (former CEO, AGI Deployment), OpenAI since 202612
- Co-founder, Chronicle Bio1
Fidji Simo is a part-time advisor at OpenAI after stepping down from her full-time role as CEO of AGI Deployment (earlier Applications) in July 2026 following medical leave. She was CEO of Instacart from 2021 to 2025 and previously led the Facebook app at Meta. She co-founded Chronicle Bio.123
At a glance
- Current roles
- Part-time advisor (former CEO, AGI Deployment) +1 more
- Companies
- OpenAI, Chronicle Bio
- Fields
- Language models
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
OpenAI
Simo joined OpenAI in 2025 to lead applications / AGI deployment after serving on the OpenAI board. In April 2026 she took medical leave; in July 2026 she left the full-time role and became a part-time advisor.123
Instacart and Meta
Simo was CEO of Instacart from 2021 until 2025, taking the company public. Earlier she spent about a decade at Facebook/Meta, including leading the Facebook app.1
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Other documented roles
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Where they work
- OpenAI 93 people in the wiki
- Chronicle Bio 1 person in the wiki
Related people
- Arvind NeelakantanAlso at OpenAI
- Mark ChenAlso at OpenAI
- Noam BrownAlso at OpenAI
- Isa FulfordAlso at OpenAI
- Ben MannAlso at OpenAI
- Mathias LechnerLanguage models
- Xingyao WangLanguage models
- Ju-Chieh ChouLanguage models
- Reid HoffmanLanguage models
- Sameer SinghLanguage models
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3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 23, 2026 · data updated Oct 23, 2026