Sam Altman-Backed Robocar Startup Glydways Hires Legal Chief

Glydways Inc. has hired JoAnn Covington as its new chief legal officer, a little more than a month after the robocar network startup secured $76 million in financing from investors led by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Suzuki Motor Corp.

Covington touted her new role at Glydways in a LinkedIn post this week that said she’s excited to join a team at the clean energy and transportation technology company “revolutionizing urban mobility.”

The South San Francisco-based Glydways, whose recent Series B fundraising also included a previous investment from Bill Gates’ Gates Frontier venture fund and Khosla Ventures, is looking to expand ...