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OpenAI hires SpaceX's Graham Seamans for cyber sales
The Hindu BusinessLine··7h ago
OpenAI hired SpaceX's Graham Seamans to lead sales for its cybersecurity business, Bloomberg reporting carried by BusinessLine said. Seamans led xAI's sales team since August 2025 and had sold the Grok chatbot to Wall Street clients. Since September, OpenAI also hired Brian McCarthy and Ismail Elmas from Cursor, acquired by SpaceX for $60 billion in August. OpenAI declined to comment.
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What It Means For You
- Enterprise buyers of AI cybersecurity tools may meet Seamans as OpenAI expands that sales channel.
- OpenAI is adding commercial staff ahead of a potential public listing, the report said.
- Competition for sales talent between OpenAI and Musk's SpaceX-linked AI units is continuing.
What's Happening
- Seamans previously worked at MongoDB for about eight years before joining xAI.
- OpenAI has also hired SpaceX AI compute staffers Uday Ruddarraju and Brent Mayo.
- Musk lost a lawsuit against OpenAI over its for-profit shift and built rival xAI, later merged with SpaceX.
The Hiring Pattern
- Seamans is described as the latest sales executive OpenAI has taken from SpaceX AI units.
- Cursor's $60 billion SpaceX acquisition in August supplied two of the September Europe hires.
- OpenAI is also exploring advertising as a new revenue source alongside enterprise sales.
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