OpenAI closes $300m share sale at $27b–29b valuation
Sam Altman confronted a member over a research paper that discussed the company, while directors disagreed for months about who should fill board vacancies
Altman’s polarizing past hints at OpenAI board’s reason for firing him: Before OpenAI, Altman was asked to leave by his mentor at the prominent start-up incubator Y Combinator, part of a pattern of clashes that some attribute to his self-serving approach
OpenAI Investors Keep Pushing for Sam Altman’s Return