OpenAI taps Ismail Elmas to lead EMEA sales

OpenAI has appointed Ismail Elmas as vice president of EMEA sales. He joins from SpaceXAI via its acquisition of Cursor, where he was SVP for EMEA, and brings over 25 years of enterprise software and cybersecurity experience. ChatGPT weekly users in EMEA grew more than 40% over the past year.

• Elmas was previously SVP for EMEA at Cursor, acquired by SpaceXAI
• He held roles at Rubrik, Zscaler, AppDynamics and BMC Software
• ChatGPT weekly users in EMEA grew over 40% in a year
• OpenAI will open offices in Madrid, Berlin and Stockholm