Motti Hadas

Motti Hadas was recently appointed as OpenAI's founding go-to-market (GTM) hire in Israel, tasked with leading the AI giant's engagement with Israeli startups and the country's digital-native technology ecosystem. In this role, his focus is on bringing OpenAI's transformative technologies to Israel's vibrant Digital Native community, and helping local companies build AI-driven products.

Hadas brings extensive experience in enterprise technology sales and business development to the role. Before joining OpenAI, he spent several years at MongoDB, most recently working with digital-native and cybersecurity companies in Israel and across EMEA. In addition, he has served as a mentor with Google for Startups Israel and was previously a member of MongoDB's Global Partner Advisory Council.

Career History

• Head of Sales, Data and AI - Google Cloud at Google (2022-2024)
• Director, Country Manager - Israel at Databricks (2019-2022)
• Vice President, Matrix Open-Source and Matrix Software Products at Matrix IT (2014-2019)
• Red Hat Group Manager (2009-2012)
• Regional Sales Manager at Software AG (2007-2009)

Hadas holds a Master of Business Administration from The College of Management - Academic Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Bar-Ilan University. What Motti Hadas could bring to his founding GTM role at OpenAI: His two-decade track record scaling enterprise infrastructure sales globally, combined with his recent leadership of Google's Data and AI sales organization and deep expertise in Israel's startup ecosystem, positions him uniquely to establish OpenAI's commercial footprint in a strategically important market. His experience building go-to-market motions for complex B2B SaaS and open-source technologies—spanning Red Hat, Databricks, and MongoDB—suggests he will focus on helping Israeli companies operationalize AI adoption at scale.