Vijaye Raji to become CTO of Applications with acquisition of Statsig

OpenAI said it will acquire Statsig, and Vijaye Raji will become CTO of Applications once the deal closes. Raji will report to Fidji Simo and lead product engineering for ChatGPT and Codex, including infrastructure and Integrity. Statsig staff will join OpenAI after closing, but the platform will keep operating independently from Seattle; regulatory approval is still pending.

Why it matters: OpenAI is acquiring Statsig and naming Vijaye Raji as CTO of Applications, a high-signal personnel plus M&A story tied to ChatGPT and Codex engineering. HKR clears all three; the post gives scope and close structure but omits price and integration timeline, so this is must-write,