Sam Altman, Lately
A few day ago, YCombinator boss Paul Graham posted an image on X1, providing an explanation behind Altman’s departure from YCombinator’s main leadership position. Graham’s attempt to dispel rumors of Altman’s supposed firing didn’t work as well as hoped, with many of the responses reiterating that making him choose between OpenAI & YCombinator still constituted a form of firing. However, the more substantial revelation was a few posts later.
While responding to replies, it seems that Graham was informed — and later confirmed — that Altman had, in a pretty clear conflict of interest and obviously unbeknownst to YCombinator leadership, invested a tidy sum of $10 million through YCombinator into OpenAI’s for-profit arm.
Not a great look.
This morning, the Wall Street Journal went even further with an expose on Altman’s burgeoning business empire, in a piece titled The Opaque Investment...