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Source: OpenAI's VP of sales in the Americas, Kaylin Voss, resigned a week after Denise Dresser left, prompting others on the sales team to consider resigning (Laura Bratton/The Information)

Kaylin Voss, OpenAI's vice president of sales in the Americas, has resigned a week after her former boss, Denise Dresser …

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