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Today’s show:
Sunny Madra joins Jason for an emergency podcast! They break down the business implications of Altman leaving OpenAI (1:23), speculation around why he was fired (10:27), ongoing developments like Greg Brockman quitting and more! (23:24)
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Time stamps:
(0:00) Sunny Madra goes live with Jason for an emergency Pod!
(1:23) Sam Altman ousted from OpenAI and Greg Brockman quits!
(6:44) The board’s accusations against Sam Altman
(10:27) Speculating “no conflict, no interest”
(12:16) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at ⁠https://vanta.com/twist(13:22)⁠ Sam's extraordinary deal-making, lack of OpenAI shares, and the possible impact from Humane launch
(23:24) The OpenAI and Microsoft relationship
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(30:49) More speculation and anonymous theories
(34:29) The impact of founder-led switching to not founder-led
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(38:30) Questions from live audience
(56:12) Final thoughts
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Great 2023 interviews: ⁠Steve Huffman⁠, ⁠Brian Chesky⁠, ⁠Aaron Levie⁠, ⁠Sophia Amoruso⁠, ⁠Reid Hoffman⁠, ⁠Frank Slootman⁠, ⁠Billy McFarland⁠
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