Karen Hao

It's Altman's startup fund.

And this was something like one of several experiences that independent board members were also having where they're like, there's something not right about Altman.

the fact that there continuously are inconsistencies between the way that Altman is portraying what is being done versus what is actually being done.

And so when these two executives approach the board, or the independent board members, then they're like, okay, this lines up with also the experiences that we've been having.

And at that point...

They then have this series of very intense discussions where they're meeting almost every day talking about, should we actually really consider removing Altman?

And in the end, they conclude, yes, we should.

And if we're going to do it, we need to do it quickly because they were very concerned that the moment that Altman found out his persuasive abilities would make it impossible to do anything.

And so they end up firing Altman without telling anyone.

You know, they don't talk to any stakeholders to get them on the same page.

Microsoft gets a call right before they execute the action saying, we're going to fire Altman.

Yes.

One of the only investors in OpenAI at the time.

And that is what then devolves the whole thing, because every single person that is affected by this decision is now extremely angry that they were not involved.

And that is what then creates this campaign to bring Altman back.

And then Altman is reinstalled as CEO days later.

And it wasn't just Ilya Miromirati then also said, I don't think Altman is the right guy.

So then Altman comes back, and lo and behold, Ilya never comes back.

So his concerns about the fact that Altman finding out would be bad for him manifested.

He ended up not coming back, and Mir Maradi then left shortly thereafter.