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How things really work at OpenAI (from their VP of Finance)

from Breakthrough Work Podcast · host Connor Group

Go inside OpenAI with VP of Finance Janine Korovesis for a rare look at the finance engine powering the fastest-growing company in history. Janine reveals and discusses:   Scaling a finance team during hypergrowth (29:03)  Balancing internal expertise with external resources (35:08)  The importance of "healthy fear" in financial leadership (30:59)  Why every finance leader should do hackathons with their team (42:53)  Leveraging ChatGPT for finance (including asking it how to process a dataset with 10 million   rows!) (44:06)  The future at OpenAI (53:15) Janine's impressive background (OpenAI, Google [X], Google, EY, Board Advisor, Investor) provides a unique perspective on building and scaling finance to provide strategic support that enables breakthroughs for world-changing opportunities. Don't miss our conversation with one of the key figures shaping the future of AI finance. ------Send breakthrough guest and topic ideas, and your feedback,to: [email protected] Sponsored by Connor Group. To get in touch with us, visit https://connorgp.com and click CONNECT. ------Connor Group is built for breakthroughs. We’re a professional services firm focused on the most critical challenges for ambitious companies and their opportunities to shatter the status quo. We serve the offices of the CFO, CIO/CTO, and CHRO as leaders in:Accounting Advisory  Digital Solutions for Finance, Operations, and HR  Financial Close & Reporting  IPO Services  Transformation & Risk  Mergers & Acquisitions  We’re trusted by over 2,000 of the most exciting brands on earth to deliver results that last. Trusted because we’re different. Founded in 2006, Connor Group quickly became the leading IPO advisory firm. Helping over 250 companies go public built our pragmatic, delivery-oriented approach and $3.3 trillion (and counting) in client valuation. It also created elite-level pattern recognition and listening skills to identify problems quickly and solve them efficiently. The majority of Connor Group has industry experience. We know how to get things done. Expect tailored solutions, creative real-world problem solving, and sleeves rolled up. Our expert teams are fluent in function, technology, and world-class communication. Unlike others, we’re independently owned. We never compromise on quality. Neither should you.

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