In the memo, she said she has “a passion for AI and in particular the potential it has to cure diseases” and that “the ability to lead such an important part of our collective future was a hard opportunity to pass up.” Simo had joined OpenAI’s board last year.
OpenAI didn’t immediately answer a Fortune query about when Simo will join the company.
Rogers joined Instacart in 2019 and currently serves as chief business officer, overseeing commercial operations like retailer relationships and expansions, ad sales, research and development, partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, Instacart Business, and Instacart Health.
He hasn’t always been in the grocery business, but has a 20-year career in consumer goods, technology, retail, and media. Rogers was most recently a managing director of Apple Canada, where he built and executed a country-specific strategy that drove iPhone adoption in the market. He had spent nearly 11 years at Apple, holding several roles like head of consumer retail and head of carrier channels for Canada.
But Rogers actually started his career at consumer-goods giant Procter and Gamble, where he led relationships with Canada’s largest national grocery retailers. He was there until 2008. Rogers also sits on the board of consumer goods and retail analytics company Spins, and is a board member of the Ad Council.
Rogers “brings the kind of vision, operational excellence, and customer obsession that will help Instacart play an even bigger role in people’s lives,” Simo said in a statement.
