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>>andsoi+(OP)
TheInformation: Dozens of Staffers Quit OpenAI After Sutskever Says Altman Won’t Return

>Dozens of OpenAI staffers internally announced they were quitting the company Sunday night, said a person with knowledge of the situation, after board director and chief scientist Ilya Sutskever told employees that fired CEO Sam Altman would not return.

https://www.theinformation.com/articles/dozens-of-staffers-q...

>>mfigui+Xd
Isn't this expected? Nearly everyone who joined post ChatGPT was primarily financially motivated. What is more interesting is how many of the core research team stays.

>>chimne+4i
This is actually pretty surprising to me, since a financially motivated person would normally wait until a better deal, and just collect their paycheck in the meantime.

There's also no guarantee that Altman will really start a new company, or be able to collect funding to hire everyone quickly. I wonder if these people are just very loyal to Sam.

>>ah765+Uk
> This is actually pretty surprising to me, since a financially motivated person would normally wait until a better deal, and just collect their paycheck in the meantime.

I imagine you need to signal that you want in on the deal by departing. Get founder equity.

>>MattGa+1m
Even if he had started a new company, there was no way a dozen employees were getting founder equity for showing loyalty