Instacart boss Fidji Simo was the first member of her family to graduate from high school. Sam Altman just carved out a brand-new ‘CEO’ role for her at OpenAI

• OpenAI just created a new role at the company for Instacart CEO Fidji Simo. The 39-year-old executive will join Sam Altman's AI giant in a brand new role, "CEO of Applications," reporting directly to Altman.

OpenAI announced Thursday it's bringing on Fidji Simo, the CEO of Instacart, to become the company's first-ever CEO of Applications. While Sam Altman will continue to oversee every aspect of the company as CEO, Simo's new role "brings together a group of existing business...