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Dec 01 2023
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The Cybertruck Must Be Huge—or It Will Dig Tesla’s Grave
F-150 Lightning owner Coleson Bruce, a pickup driver for 30 years, might switch from Ford to Tesla. “I put in a reservation [for a Cybertruck] the day after the original reveal,” the tech startup executive told WIRED on a Zoom call. “While I’m not one of the earliest in line, I have the possible advantage of being in Austin,” he says. Historically, Tesla’s new product deliveries have often
Wired
Jan 12 2023
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For subscribers: "There needed to be a correction." Investment in San Diego startups drops by half in 2022
Given global economic headwinds, there was little doubt that venture capital funding for San Diego startups would decline last year. The question was how steep would the slide be? It turned out that startup investment dropped roughly in half. Venture investors pumped $4.85 billion into young San Diego firms last year, down from a record $9.6 billion in 2021, according to the latest Venture
San Diego Union-Tribune
Nov 22 2023
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Sam Altman’s been fired before. The polarizing past of OpenAI’s ex-CEO.
Though a revered tactician and chooser of promising start-ups, Altman had developed a reputation for favoring personal priorities over official duties and for an absenteeism that rankled his peers and some of the start-ups he was supposed to nurture, said two of the people, as well as an additional person, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly describe private
Washington Post
Nov 20 2023
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Washington watches as West Coast nerds fight for future of AI
The sudden ouster of CEO Sam Altman from OpenAI, the hottest startup in artificial intelligence, by the organization’s board has roiled the tech world.
In doing so, it has also highlighted the extraordinary power that the culture and characters of Silicon Valley consumer-tech startups now wield over the development of strategically vital technologies.
Washington, a town of over-
Politico
Nov 18 2023
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Sam Altman Is Said to Be Discussing Return to OpenAI With Company’s Board
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, two top executives at OpenAI who left the company after a dramatic board meeting on Friday, are talking again with board members about returning to the artificial intelligence start-up, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The discussions follow an outcry after Mr. Altman, 38, was ousted from his role as OpenAI’s chief executive a day earlier. Since then
New York Times (News)
Nov 22 2023
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Inside the Coups and Concessions That Brought Altman Back to OpenAI
The braintrust that turned OpenAI into the world’s best-known artificial intelligence startup huddled at Sam Altman’s home in San Francisco on Tuesday for another day of fighting with the company’s board to reinstate him as the chief executive officer in what had already become one of the most dramatic corporate power struggles in Silicon Valley history. “Still working on it…,” Mira Murati,
Bloomberg
Nov 22 2023
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OpenAI’s wild week. How the Sam Altman story unfolded
In a year of wild tech stories that has seen Elon Musk transform Twitter, cryptocurrency exchange FTX collapse and Silicon Valley Bank implode, this week’s whiplash-inducing turmoil at OpenAI is among the most captivating. Sam Altman — the leader of one of the world’s most influential AI companies, OpenAI, and perhaps the most visible figure in the fledgling industry — was fired Friday night
CNN (Online News)
Nov 22 2023
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Sam Altman Heading Back To OpenAI—Here Are Other 'Boomerang' CEOs Who Left And Returned
Sam Altman has said he will return as the CEO of OpenAI after a tumultuous week of hirings, firings and board shake-ups at the artificial intelligence startup and ChatGPT parent, adding the co-founder to a list of "boomerang” company leaders who’ve made comebacks after walking away from the executive suite. Altman has reached a tentative deal for his return to the company, Open AI announced
Forbes
Nov 21 2023
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95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board
The future of OpenAI remained uncertain on Tuesday after extraordinary efforts by employees and investors to oust the board had so far failed to persuade its directors to resign and reinstate co-founder Sam Altman. People with direct knowledge of the matter said that by the end of Monday, 747 out of 770 OpenAI employees had signed a letter threatening to quit and join Microsoft if the board
Ars Technica
Nov 20 2023
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After being blindsided by Sam Altman firing, Satya Nadella vows OpenAI governance changes: ‘Surprises are bad’
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella signaled that the company would play a bigger role in OpenAI’s governance going forward, but left it unclear whether Microsoft would push to have its own directors on the board of the startup that it has invested $13 billion in. “Surprises are bad, and we just want to make sure things are done in a way that will allow us to continue to partner well,” Nadella said in
Fortune