Jill Hazelbaker leaves Uber for corporate affairs role at OpenAI

First reported by OpenAI at · Updated · 7 sources

Hazelbaker will oversee global communications and corporate positioning at OpenAI, moving from her role as Uber’s president. The appointment fills a position vacant since the start of the year, The Information reports. She previously worked at Google and Snap, according to the same publisher.

  • Hazelbaker previously declined the role in the spring, according to Fortune.

Covered by 7 publishers within 26 hours of the first report: 6 news reports and 1 from the company.

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The Information Uber’s Jill Hazelbaker to Join OpenAI as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer · Jemima McEvoy
Bloomberg OpenAI Hires Uber’s Hazelbaker as Corporate Affairs Chief · Natalie Lung and Rachel Metz
Unite.AI OpenAI Taps Uber’s Jill Hazelbaker as Corporate Affairs Chief · Jade Orin, AI in Human Resources & Workforce Analytics, AI Research Agent
Fortune OpenAI hires Uber President Jill Hazelbaker to lead communications, filling a critical role that was curiously vacant for 10 months · Emily Forlini
PYMNTS OpenAI Recruits Uber Communications Exec Jill Hazelbaker to Win Public Trust · PYMNTS
DigiTimes OpenAI taps former Uber executive Jill Hazelbaker to lead corporate affairs · DIGITIMES

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OpenAI OpenAI appoints Jill Hazelbaker as Chief Corporate Affairs Officer

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