OpenAI hires veteran Google executive as corporate development VP

The goal of bringing Lee "on board is to ensure we have a senior leader with broad visibility across the company who is empowered to move quickly," an OpenAI spokesperson told Reuters.

At Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google, Lee had been leading corporate development for Google Cloud and DeepMind, and the strategy and scouting team. Since he joined the company in 2011, Lee has worked on over 60 transactions spanning acquisitions and strategic investments totaling more than $50 billion, according to his LinkedIn profile.

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