On a Friday in November 2023, OpenAI's board fired CEO and co-founder Sam Altman. Co-founder Greg Brockman was removed from the board shortly after and quit in solidarity. By Sunday night, the company was in open revolt.
In this clip, Greg gives the most detailed account yet of what happened in the hours after Altman's firing, why he and wnba nearly every OpenAI employee were ready to walk out, and how he and Altman ultimately returned and regained control.
Watch the full interview with Greg Brockman here:
Timestamps:
00:00:03 Sam Altman’s Firing and Boardroom Betrayal
00:00:44 Greg Brockman Quits OpenAi
00:01:44 OpenAI Employees Rebel
00:02:34 OpenAI Employees Sign Petition for Altman's Return
00:02:48 Ilya Sutskever Speaks Out About The Ousting
00:03:13 Relationship with Ilya Post-Ousting
00:03:55 OpenAI’s “Diamond” Moment
00:04:20 The Moment That Made Greg Almost Leave OpenAI
00:04:53 What Greg Learned from Sam’s Ousting
00:06:53 The Thing Ilya Sutskever Said that Greg Can't Forget
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