[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-openai-names-vijaye-raji-cto-of-applications-after-buying-statsig":10},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":22,"tags":38,"sources":42,"feedback":46,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":46,"total_tokens":46},1111,"openai-names-vijaye-raji-cto-of-applications-after-buying-statsig","OpenAI names Vijaye Raji CTO of Applications after buying Statsig","Raji’s new role ties the Statsig acquisition to OpenAI’s push to embed its models in everyday software.","OpenAI announced that Vijaye Raji will become chief technology officer of Applications, reporting to Fidji Simo. The move follows the company’s recent purchase of feature‑flag and experimentation platform Statsig.\n\nRaji will now oversee the integration of Statsig’s tooling with OpenAI’s suite of APIs and consumer‑facing products. The appointment signals that OpenAI wants a dedicated tech leader to turn raw model capabilities into deployed features that developers can control and measure.\n\nFor OpenAI, the hire matters because it bridges two separate ambitions: scaling AI into production apps and giving product teams granular control over rollout risk. By pairing Raji’s engineering background with Statsig’s experimentation data, OpenAI can tighten feedback loops and reduce the friction of adding AI‑driven features to existing software stacks.\n\nIn short, Raji’s CTO role links the Statsig acquisition directly to OpenAI’s broader product strategy of making AI a manageable, testable component of everyday applications.","[\"openai\",\"leadership\",\"ai-products\"]","2025-09-02T11:00:00.000Z","2026-06-16T10:43:23.953Z","2026-06-16T10:43:26.789Z","published",null,[24,30,34],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Add a concise concluding paragraph that summarizes the change and its significance for OpenAI’s product strategy.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"Add a concise concluding paragraph that summarizes the appointment and its significance for OpenAI’s product strategy.",{"id":35,"reviewer":26,"round":36,"reason":37,"status":29},"editor-r3",3,"Add a concise concluding paragraph that clearly restates the appointment, its link to the Statsig acquisition, and why it matters for OpenAI’s product strategy.",[39,40,41],"openai","leadership","ai-products",[43],{"name":44,"url":45},"OpenAI","https:\u002F\u002Fopenai.com\u002Findex\u002Fvijaye-raji-to-become-cto-of-applications-with-acquisition-of-statsig",0]