Greg Brockman formally named OpenAI product chief, centralizing product control

OpenAI told staff on May 15 that President and co-founder Greg Brockman is now the formal head of product, making official a role he had been filling on an interim basis during Fidji Simo’s medical leave. The change adds product strategy to Brockman’s existing remit over AI infrastructure, according to OpenAI’s confirmation to Wired. A memo viewed by The Verge said the company is reorganizing around AI agents and combining product groups to support that push. OpenAI’s own product updates this week also showed the company tying more services into ChatGPT, including a mobile interface for Codex and a credits system spanning Codex and Sora. ### Why did Brockman’s interim role become permanent? Wired reported on May 15 that Brockman will now lead OpenAI’s product strategy in addition to AI infrastructure, and that the company confirmed the change. The publication said Brockman had been overseeing products temporarily while Simo, the executive brought in last year to lead applications, was on medical leave. (vuink.com) OpenAI said Simo remains on medical leave and is expected to return, according to Wired’s account of the company’s statement. The same report said Simo worked directly with Brockman on the organizational changes. ### What did Brockman tell employees about the new product plan? The Verge reported that a memo from Brockman said OpenAI’s product strategy this year is to go “all-in on AI agents.” The memo said the company would “invest in a single agentic platform” and “merge ChatGPT and Codex into one unified agentic experience for all,” according to The Verge’s account. (vuink.com) Wired separately reported that Brockman told staff OpenAI was “consolidating our product efforts to execute with maximum focus toward the agentic future, to win across both consumer and enterprise.” That language tied the management reshuffle directly to a narrower product structure rather than a new standalone product launch. (aivanet.com) ### Which products moved closer together this week? OpenAI published a product post on May 14 saying Codex is now available in preview inside the ChatGPT mobile app. The company said users can monitor, steer and approve coding tasks from the app while Codex runs on connected machines or remote environments. OpenAI’s enterprise and education release notes said the mobile experience surfaces project context, approvals, screenshots, terminal output, diffs and test results from the connected environment. (vuink.com) That places Codex management inside the same mobile app OpenAI already uses as its main consumer interface. (openai.com) ### How do credits fit into the reorganization? OpenAI’s help documentation says credits are a pay-as-you-go add-on for supported features including Codex and Sora when users exceed plan limits. A help article updated this week said Sora credits can be used for Codex, and for ChatGPT for Excel once flexible pricing took effect on May 5. (help.openai.com) The Codex pricing page says ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers who hit usage limits can buy additional credits instead of upgrading plans, while Business, Edu and Enterprise workspaces with flexible pricing can buy workspace credits for Codex. The same help materials say the Sora web and app experiences were discontinued on April 26, 2026. ### Who else has been affected by the reshuffle? (help.openai.com) OpenAI has been moving responsibilities across senior ranks since April. The company announced last year that Simo would join to lead applications, while Chief Executive Sam Altman said he would continue overseeing research, compute and applications at the company level. The Verge said the latest reorganization consolidates teams under Brockman as OpenAI tries to simplify product execution around agents. (developers.openai.com) Wired reported the move follows a series of executive changes and departures, with Brockman’s role now formal rather than temporary. ### What comes next for users and developers? (openai.com) May 14 and May 5 are the two dates already attached to the rollout. OpenAI’s product post says Codex mobile is in preview in the ChatGPT app, and its help pages say flexible pricing is already in effect for credits that can be used across supported services. September 24, 2026 is the next dated milestone in OpenAI’s support materials for adjacent products. (aivanet.com) OpenAI’s help center says the Sora API will be discontinued on that date, while Codex pricing and mobile documentation remain live on OpenAI’s developer and product sites. (help.openai.com) (openai.com)