# Sarah Friar, Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI

> Sarah Friar, Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/sarah-friar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Angel

# Sarah Friar

Chief Financial Officer at [OpenAI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openai)

Latest rounds

- **Warp Sciences** Series A · $215M Oct 2026
- **Bond** Seed · $10M Aug 2019

Backs *AI* *Fintech* *E-commerce* *B2B*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Aug 2019
- **Filings:** 3 with regulators

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At OpenAI
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**OpenAI** VC firm · US **5** cheques in 12 months **10** all time **2** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/openai)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 2
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $225M
- **Active:** 2019–26

2026

- [Warp Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/warp-sciences) *Series A* **$215M** *US* Oct 2026 Joined · +27 investors

2019

- [Bond](https://millionrounds.com/company/bond) *Seed* **$10M** *US* Aug 2019 Joined · +5 investors

By stage

- Seed **1**
- Series A **1**

What they backed

AI **2** Fintech **1** E-commerce **1** B2B **1** Biotech **1** Professional Services **1**

Alongside

- [01 Advisors *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/01-advisors)
- [Angular Ventures *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angular-ventures)
- [Brian Armstrong *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coinbase-ventures)
- [Canaan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canaan-partners)
- [Coatue *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coatue-management)
- [Conviction *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/conviction)
- [Dylan Field *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dylan-field)
- [Eric Yuan *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eric-yuan)

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Nextdoor, Inc.** Executive Officer, Director on 2 filings · since 2019
- SEC Form D · Company raising **NEW RELIC, INC.** Director since 2015
- SEC Form D · Company raising **NEW RELIC INC** Director since 2014

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at OpenAI

- [**Bret Taylor** Co-Founder *3 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bret-taylor)
- [**Ibrahim Okuyucu** Engineering *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ibrahim-okuyucu)
- [**Arvind Neelakantan** Research Scientist *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/arvind-neelakantan)
- [**Ashley Kramer** Team *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ashley-kramer)
- [**Ben Craig** Chief of Staff (VP) *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-craig)
- [**Blake Samic** Head of Product Operations at OpenAI *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/blake-samic)
- [**Brad Lightcap** COO *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-lightcap)
- [**Chris Lehane** Chief Global Affairs Officer *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-lehane)

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