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It's also a similar reason that Sam was fired from Y Combinator. None of this should be new, it's just when there's money on the line people's memories get as fuzzy as their morals.




I didn’t know he was fired from y combinator, what were the details?


Explicit details were never released because for some reason people seem to like watching Altman fall his way up the ladder.


Its crazy that you can be fired from that role and make sure everyone covers their tracks so you can go do it again elsewhere.


Only speculation:

"In 2019, Altman was asked to resign from Y Combinator after partners alleged he had put personal projects, including OpenAI, ahead of his duties as president, said people familiar with the matter."

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-altman-openai-protected-by-s...

Regardless, this is another in a recent string of blows to YC's reputation for making people believe Sama moved on when in reality he was fired. What do you call making people believe something that's knowingly not true? Deception?



And let's not forget the OpenAI investors include YC itself as well as Paul Graham's wife, Jessica Livingston.

Sam may have been fired from YC but it does look like they believed in him.


> Sam may have been fired from YC but it does look like they believed in him.

Being character like that, unfortunately, leads often success in life. You are not limited by ethics or morals like most people do. You need to be convincing that you care, while in reality you are only objective about financial success.

And if you are into money, you will invest these kinds of people.




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