OpenAI's No. 2 executive, Fidji Simo, is stepping down from her full-time role after her medical leave proved longer than expected — a leadership vacuum that comes at a tricky time as the company eyes a possible IPO and races to catch Anthropic in the enterprise market.

Link to: https://www.wsj.com/tech/openai-top-executive-fidji-simo-to-step-down-c3daca47?st=NfBZTe

Simo stepped away from OpenAI in April for a medical leave.

“For now, my focus is recovery.”