The new appointment

Nscale appointed Fidji Simo as an independent board member, effective immediately. The company highlights her experience in scaling mass-market digital products globally. [1 · Nscale]

Simo was previously CEO of AGI Deployment at OpenAI and continues to advise the company. Before that, she led Instacart and took it through an initial public offering in 2023, and earlier ran the Facebook app at Meta. [1 · Nscale]

The board context

The appointment continues the expansion of Nscale’s board: Sheryl Sandberg, Susan Decker and Nick Clegg joined earlier in 2026. Nscale builds data centers and provides GPU-based cloud capacity. [1 · Nscale]

TechCrunch reports that the company is preparing for a possible IPO in the fall. This is not part of Nscale’s confirmed announcement: the official statement records only Simo’s appointment, so both the timing and whether an offering will take place remain unconfirmed. [1 · Nscale] [2 · TechCrunch]

Sources

  1. Nscale — Fidji Simo’s appointment — September 11, 2026
  2. TechCrunch — the appointment and possible IPO context — September 11, 2026