OpenAI hires SpaceX’s Graham Seamans to lead cybersecurity sales
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Key facts
He joined xAI in August 2025 and was central to pitching the Grok chatbot to enterprise customers, with Wall Street firms a particular focus
He stayed at MongoDB until July 2025, then moved to xAI the following month
Pitching Grok to Wall Street meant competing for enterprise budgets directly against OpenAI’s own products
The hiring spree traces back to Dali Rajic, OpenAI’s Chief Revenue Officer
Summary
The former xAI sales leader is the third senior seller OpenAI has pulled from the SpaceX orbit in roughly a month. OpenAI has hired Graham Seamans away from SpaceX to run sales for its cybersecurity business, . Seamans comes from the SpaceX-linked xAI, where he led sales operations. Brian McCarthy came over in September 2026. The new role puts Seamans in charge of selling OpenAI’s cybersecurity offerings.