OpenAI Was Dead. Then Ilya Sutskever Posted This | Greg Brockman

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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 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JoUcQ1qmAc 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 ------ Thank you to the sponsors for this episode: +CoinShares: Delivering Reason to Digital Asset Investing. ⁠⁠https://coinshares.com/⁠⁠ +Granola AI, The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings: ⁠https://www.granola.ai/shane⁠ HeyGen is a message-first AI video platform that helps people and AI agents turn ideas into professional video in minutes. Try for free at ⁠https://www.heygen.com/⁠ Join the salty rebellion: ⁠https://drinklmnt.com/⁠tkp *Greg Brockman* LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/thegdb/⁠ Blog: ⁠https://blog.gregbrockman.com/⁠ *Shane Parrish* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farnamstreet/ X: https://x.com/ShaneParrish LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shane-parrish-050a2183/ Books: https://fs.blog/books/ Website: https://fs.blog/ Newsletter: http://fs.blog/newsletter *The Knowledge Project* is a show featuring in-depth conversations with the top CEOs, investors, and business leaders to uncover the timeless principles that drive success. Learn