Google just snagged OpenAI’s head of private equity

Two more senior staffers left OpenAI in recent days, including its head of private equity, who was hired by Google.

Paul Zimmerman said he now leads Google’s efforts to sell its AI to PE firms and their portfolio companies. He’d worked at OpenAI for just over a year, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Meanwhile, James Dyett, who described himself as OpenAI’s head of sales, announced he was leaving for VC firm Thrive Capital, a major OpenAI backer.

The pair make the latest…