{"id":105788,"date":"2026-07-14T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/105788\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:49:13","slug":"google-cloud-loses-another-partner-leader-as-openai-expands-enterprise-war-chest-uber-technologies-nys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/105788\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Cloud Loses Another Partner Leader As OpenAI Expands Enterprise War Chest – Uber Technologies (NYS"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenAI has added another senior executive from Google Cloud, hiring Philip Larson to run the company\u2019s newly created partner network<\/a> as it ramps up a global ecosystem strategy.<\/p>\n

Larson announced the move in a LinkedIn post, writing, “After more than two decades building and leading partner ecosystems, I\u2019m excited to share that I\u2019ve joined OpenAI to help shape and scale its global partner ecosystem. I\u2019m energized by the team I\u2019ve joined.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Larson was hired as a senior director for OpenAI\u2019s Partner Network (OPN). The role focuses on creating a system that helps partners sell, deploy and develop AI solutions with OpenAI while improving training, incentives, certifications and support to drive enterprise adoption.<\/p>\n

OpenAI introduced its first partner program<\/a> last month, investing $150 million “to support the ecosystem and help partners bring the benefits of AI to more organizations more quickly,” the ChatGPT maker said in an announcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the same LinkedIn thread, Larson described his view of what makes partner programs work, saying, “Across VMware, Google Cloud and Snowflake, I\u2019ve seen that the best partner programs are not defined by their complexity. They are defined by the customer outcomes they accelerate\u2014helping partners co-sell, co-deploy, and build differentiated, durable customer solutions around transformational technology.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That is the work I\u2019m excited to continue at OpenAI\u2014helping partners translate the extraordinary pace of AI innovation into meaningful, measurable impact for customers around the world,” he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Before OpenAI, Larson ran the Google Cloud Partner Network for more than two years and previously held partner leadership roles at Snowflake and VMware, where he worked on global channel programs during a period when VMware had tens of thousands of partners worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

OpenAI has been on a hiring spree as of late. The company plans to nearly double its workforce to 8,000 from 4,500 by the end of the year, the Financial Times reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last month, the company hired Liz Wamai as head of recruiting after more than three years at Netflix, as well as White House artificial intelligence adviser Dean Ball, adding a policy-focused hire in a new team buildout.<\/a><\/p>\n

Clint Gibler announced on X that he joined OpenAI as a member of the technical staff and will be working with Michael Aiello, OpenAI\u2019s head of product for cyber.<\/p>\n

Other recent hires at OpenAI include former Ironclad CEO Jason Boehmig, who will lead its product team responsible for building products for the legal industry, and Salesforce AgentExchange CEO Brian Landsman as its vice president of global partnerships.<\/p>\n

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