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>>convex+(OP)
It's incredible how many of you alleged tech people think that Sam just wanted a world of safe AI while his actions suggest he wanted to make dump trucks of money.

He was the one who partnered with Microsoft and turned it from a non-profit to a for-profit company.

>>benkar+Dh
Honest question: How would he make money if he didn’t have equity in OpenAI?

>>bchern+Vl
Your forward-looking value to an organization is your value whether it’s realized in equity or not.

In the world where Sam Altman leads OpenAI to market dominance and eventual acquisition by Microsoft for $400B or whatever, he obviously would represent an important part of what Microsoft would be buying and would be compensated accordingly.

>>twoodf+Cu
If getting paid was his motive all along, wouldn’t taking equity have been a more straightforward way to do that?

Like, why would he not take equity, but instead rely solely on an acquisition?