03:53 PM EDT, 03/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates throughout with details from Dave Dugan's LinkedIn post.)

Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI has appointed Dave Dugan as the artificial intelligence startup's vice president of global ad solutions, Dugan said in a LinkedIn post on Monday.

Dugan previously served as the vice president of global clients and agencies at Meta Platforms ( META ), and has spent over 12 years at the social media company, according to Dugan's LinkedIn profile.

News about Dugan was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

A spokesperson for OpenAI shared Dugan's LinkedIn post in response to MT Newswires' request for comment.

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