Nscale appoints former OpenAI exec Fidji Simo to its board

11 Sep 2026: Nscale published that Fidji Simo, former OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment, joined its Board of Directors effective immediately. Bloomberg and TechCrunch covered the same day; IPO financing talk stays secondary reporting.

11 Sep 2026: Nscale published “Fidji Simo Joins Nscale Board of Directors” from London. The press page says Fidji Simo, former OpenAI CEO of AGI Deployment, was appointed Independent Director to Nscale’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. That dated company page is the filing event.

Nscale: Simo most recently served as CEO, AGI Deployment at OpenAI, leading the business and product teams responsible for bringing the company’s research to users, and continues as an advisor to OpenAI.

Nscale’s bio on the same page: previously CEO and Chair of Instacart — the company says she led it to profitability and through its 2023 public listing; a decade at Meta, including Head of the Facebook App; currently on Shopify’s board.

Josh Payne, Founder and CEO, on Nscale’s page: “Very few leaders understand what products at that scale demand of the systems underneath them. That’s what we’re building for at Nscale.” He also said the board was built for independence, financial rigor, and operating depth. Attribute as Payne/Nscale.

Simo, on the same page: “I’ve seen firsthand that access to compute can determine how fast companies can turn AI breakthroughs into products used by millions of people.” She said the next generation of AI infrastructure “won’t be won on compute alone” but by companies that integrate the full stack — physical infrastructure through software. That is Simo’s quote on Nscale’s PR.

Nscale: the appointment follows Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker, and Nick Clegg joining the board earlier in 2026.

About Nscale on the PR: a full-stack AI cloud / vertically integrated AI infrastructure company, founded 2024, headquartered in London; it says it designs, builds, and operates AI data centres and GPU cloud. Company self-description.

Same-day TechCrunch and Bloomberg framed the appointment as ahead of a potential or planned IPO. TechCrunch relayed Bloomberg’s earlier unnamed-sources report of a pre-IPO raise of up to $3.5 billion. Those figures, a fall listing, and any valuation talk are those outlets’ reporting — often unnamed sources — not on Nscale’s press page and not confirmed facts here.

Nscale put a dated board appointment on its own press page. Former OpenAI AGI Deployment CEO Fidji Simo joining an AI infrastructure board is a confirmed personnel event — keep IPO round gossip as secondary attribution.