OpenAI Hires Former Coursera Executive to Grow AI Use in Schools

OpenAI has hired former Coursera Inc. executive Leah Belsky to be its first general manager of education, leading the artificial intelligence startup’s efforts to bring its products to more schools and classrooms.

Belsky, previously the chief revenue officer at the online learning platform, will be tasked with boosting OpenAI’s engagement with instructors and students across K-12, higher education and continuing education, the company said Wednesday. Belsky will also work internally with the startup’s product, policy, marketing and other teams on partnerships and sharing feedback from the academic world.

After OpenAI launched ChatGPT in late 2022, the chatbot quickly took off with students — so much so that the product saw a seasonal spike ...