News Summary

Glen Coates, who served as the Vice-President and Head of Core Product at Shopify, has left the Canadian e-commerce giant after nearly seven years to join OpenAI. Coates announced his move on social media, revealing that he will lead OpenAI’s app platform and work on transforming ChatGPT into an operating system. At Shopify, Coates was a key figure in product updates and played a significant role in the company’s software and app ecosystem, particularly with Shopify Plus. His departure is part of a broader executive turnover at Shopify, which has seen several high-profile exits and organizational changes recently. OpenAI, which is reportedly in talks to raise $10 billion USD from Amazon, aims to scale its infrastructure for large-language models.