OpenAI Hires xAI Sales Lead for Cybersecurity Business

Oct 17, 2026
OpenAI hired Graham Seamans to lead sales for its cybersecurity business. Seamans previously led xAI's sales team and worked on selling the Grok chatbot to financial firms.
OpenAI Hires xAI Sales Lead for Cybersecurity Business

OpenAI hired Graham Seamans to lead sales for its cybersecurity business, according to Bloomberg. Seamans previously led sales at xAI, which is now part of SpaceX AI.

Seamans joined xAI in August 2025 and worked on selling the Grok chatbot to Wall Street firms. Before xAI, he spent about eight years at MongoDB.

OpenAI has also hired Brian McCarthy and Ismail Elmas, who previously worked at Cursor, as well as Uday Ruddarraju and Brent Mayo from SpaceX's AI computing team. OpenAI declined to comment on Seamans' appointment.

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