{"id":19700,"date":"2026-11-03T23:08:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=19700"},"modified":"2026-11-03T23:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:08:57","slug":"openai-hires-uber-president-jill-hazelbaker-to-lead-communications-filling-key-role-after-10-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=19700","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI hires Uber President Jill Hazelbaker to lead communications, filling key role after 10 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OpenAI has hired one of Uber\u2019s highest ranking executives to oversee its global communications efforts, filling a key role that had been vacant for nearly a year as the AI company navigates a challenging political landscape and moves closer to an initial public offering.<\/p>\n

Jill Hazelbaker is joining OpenAI as chief corporate affairs officer, the company announced on Tuesday. Hazelbaker, who had been president and chief corporate affairs officer at ride hailing giant Uber, will work alongside OpenAI\u2019s leaders to \u201cdeepen public understanding of AI and strengthen trust in its mission,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n

She will report to OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman and starts in early December, OpenAI told Fortune. <\/p>\n

\u201cAs AI becomes part of more people\u2019s lives, how we communicate, engage, and earn public trust has never been more important,\u201d Brockman said in the announcement, citing Hazelbaker\u2019s experience and understanding of the \u201copportunities and responsibilities that come with building technology at global scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hazelbaker is a well respected communications professional in the technology industry. She has served as Uber\u2019s President and Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for the past 11 years, and previously held senior leadership roles at Snap and Google. She is replacing Hannah Wong, who served as OpenAI\u2019 chief communications officer (CCO) until January 2026. Since then, OpenAI\u2019s Chris Lehane has been leading the team in the interim.<\/p>\n

Hazelbaker previously turned down the role<\/p>\n

In the ten months since Wong\u2019s departure, OpenAI has experienced a series of public controversies\u2014most notably when its AI agents hacked the company Hugging Face during training in July. The 11-year old company has been criticized for not being sufficiently transparent and communicative about its operations, at a time when public concerns about AI\u2019s potential harms to society, the labor market, and the environment are rising. Backlash to the massive AI data centers being built across the U.S. has emerged as one of the key issues in the midterm elections taking place on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In September, OpenAI told Fortune it was not rushing to fill the role, and was focused on getting the right candidate. Over the summer, it ramped up its search by hiring an executive recruiting firm.<\/p>\n

OpenAI offered Hazelbaker the position in the spring, but she turned it down, as Fortune reported in September. Sources suspected her close relationship with Uber\u2019s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, desire to be on the East Coast for her family, and already high salary played a role in her declining the role. <\/p>\n

It appears OpenAI has now made Hazelbaker an offer she cannot refuse. <\/p>\n

Hazelbaker will remain on the East Coast, but will spend time in San Francisco, where OpenAI is headquartered, the company told Fortune. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe work of building public trust has never been more consequential,\u201d Hazelbaker said in the announcement, describing AI as the \u201cmost profound technological shift of our lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n

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