After a totally crazy 72 hours, Sam Altman returns to OpenAI. “We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new board of directors, consisting of Bret Taylor (Chairman), Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo” indicates the company this morning in a message on.
The board of directors is therefore greatly remodeled, only Adam D’Angelo remains in office. Sam Altman was removed from his position as CEO last Friday by the company’s board of directors.
“I love OpenAI, and everything I’ve done over the past few days has served to keep this team and its mission together. When I decided to join Microsoft on Sunday evening, it was clear that this was the best path for “I and the team. With the new board and the support of Satya (editor’s note. Nadella), I look forward to returning to OpenAI and building on our strong partnership with Microsoft.” explained Sam Altman a few minutes later on the same social network.
“Sam, Greg and I agreed that they had a key role to play alongside the OpenAI leadership team”
Enough to lead the boss of Microsoft to speak publicly on the subject for the first time since November 20. “We are encouraged by the changes to the OpenAI Board of Directors. We believe this is a critical first step on the path to more stable, better informed and more effective governance” mentioned Satya Nadella on X.
“Sam, Greg and I agreed that they had a key role to play alongside the OpenAI leadership team in ensuring that OpenAI continues to thrive and further its mission.”
The last stone in these declarations, that of Emmett Shear, the new CEO of OpenAI, since Sunday, who therefore leaves his place to the ghost. “I am deeply satisfied with this result, after 72 hours of very intense work. Coming to OpenAI, I did not know what the right path would be. It was the path that maximized security while satisfying all stakeholders involved” he declared on.
Threat from employees
Over the weekend, nearly 500 OpenAI employees sent an open letter to their board of directors, stating that they could resign and join Sam Altman at Microsoft if he was not immediately reinstated.
As of Sunday, numerous news reports suggested that Mira Murati was seeking to rehire Sam Altman as well as Greg Brockman, another co-founder of the company, who resigned following Altman’s ouster.
Instead, Twitch co-founder and former CEO Emmett Shear was named interim CEO. For a few hours in fact.