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Uber said its president, Jill Hazelbaker, will step down to become OpenAI’s chief corporate affairs officer, focusing on communications and related global stakeholder work.
Uber Technologies said Jill Hazelbaker, the company’s president, will leave the ride-hailing and delivery group to join OpenAI as chief corporate affairs officer. The move, described in a report carried by Yahoo Finance, positions Hazelbaker at the intersection of corporate communications and executive stakeholder management at a fast-expanding AI company.
According to the same account, Hazelbaker’s new OpenAI role would include oversight of global communications. The chief corporate affairs officer title typically covers how an organization communicates with the public, media, regulators, and other external stakeholders, and companies often use that function to manage reputational risk and narrative during major product and policy moments.
Uber did not provide additional details in the published report about Hazelbaker’s end date, her successor, or the specific scope of her duties at OpenAI beyond communications-related oversight. The company also did not outline whether Hazelbaker’s departure would coincide with any strategic shift at Uber, the report did not say.
The announcement lands as Uber continues to operate in an environment where public attention on technology, platform policy, and regulatory scrutiny remains high. For Uber, leadership in corporate communications can matter because it touches issues ranging from safety messaging and partnerships to political and local regulatory engagement across multiple operating markets.
OpenAI, meanwhile, has been building its public profile and expanding its business footprint beyond research. A communications-heavy corporate affairs role suggests OpenAI is placing emphasis on managing external understanding of its product direction, partnerships, and governance questions that regularly draw public and policymaker attention.
Even with the leadership change, key implementation details remain unclear based on what has been reported so far. The Yahoo Finance write-up does not specify whether Hazelbaker will be based in a particular location, how OpenAI will structure communications teams around her, or what she will inherit from existing corporate affairs leadership.
For investors and industry watchers, the Hazelbaker move is likely to be read as a announcement that OpenAI is continuing to formalize executive-level functions around corporate narrative, policy-facing communications, and global media operations as it scales. Uber, for its part, will need to confirm how responsibilities are redistributed internally before Hazelbaker exits.
What to watch next is whether Uber announces a timeline for the transition and names an interim or permanent replacement for the president role. Observers will also look for OpenAI to clarify Hazelbaker’s portfolio at the chief corporate affairs officer level, including whether her remit extends beyond communications into broader corporate strategy and external relations.
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