Please keep in mind that the articles you read are PR pieces, last few being from Sam's Camp.
msft/sequioa/khosla has no power to remove the board or alter their actions. There is no gain for board by reinstating Sam and resigning themselves. swaying employees who have 900k$ comp is pretty hard. and not giving money to OpenAI is akin to killing your golden goose.
The idea is that Altman and/or a bunch of employees were demanding the board reinstate Altman and then resign. And they’re calling it a “truce.” Oh, and there’s a deadline (5 pm), but since it’s already passed the board merely has to “reach” this “truce” “ASAP.” This is by far my favourite example of PR piece.
I'd recommend not reading rumors and waiting for things to come out officially. Or atleast re-evaluating after a week, how much you read was false.
Did they have power... Ofc they did. Otherwise... Why were they negotiating?
Its not about who had more power. They just couldn't find enough common ground.
Now Satya bagged talent. They don't have to rewrite the whole codebase due to IP msft has already secured.
I think those talks were real. You don't build something that long and then want to walk away unless huge differences came up. That's what we say.
(edit: rewritten after the comment I responded to added a game changing comment at the top) PR? I mean... That's just not how I would describe what happened.
It was a PR nightmare. They tried to keep the family together. Divorces happen. Satya brought the kids on so they can get a new sandbox going asap.
Don't believe Twitter? Now there...we agree. I'll add... Don't belive hackernews either.
Most of the reporting I saw was pretty good. It just didn't pan out. They reported the board was optimistic. Not that it was a sure thing.
(edit: full comment rewrite due to edit by the commentor which completely changed the context)
>> Now satya stayed up till 2am to secure up to 40 percent of open talent exodus
Are there any official sources for this?
I don't think his secretary does it for him. Doesnt seem like his style.