OpenAI Poaches Airbnb Executive to Be First Managing Director for EMEA

OpenAI has hired its first managing director to oversee operations in Europe, helping guide its expansion in a key market where there are mounting political concerns about being overly reliant on US artificial intelligence services.

Emmanuel Marill will be OpenAI’s top executive for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the company said on Wednesday. The French executive joins from Airbnb Inc., where he served in a similar regional role, and will be based in OpenAI’s Paris office.