Sam Altman marked his formal return as CEO of OpenAI today in a company memo that confirmed changes to the company’s board, including a new nonvoting seat for the startup’s primary investor, Microsoft.
In a memo sent to staff and shared on OpenAI’s blog, Altman painted the chaos of the past two weeks, triggered by the board’s loss of trust in their CEO, during which almost the entire staff of the company threatened to quit, as a testament to the startup’s resilience rather than a sign of instability.
“You stood firm for each other, this company, and our mission,” Altman wrote. “One of the most
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