Ex-OpenAI CTO weighs in: anti-money culture hurts value creation more than money-driven founders
gabriel1 · x · 2026-09-28
- A viral clip criticizes a new batch of AI founders who are "openly just about the money," lamenting the decline of product-first, mission-driven building.
- Gabriel Goh-era AI investor gabriel1 pushed back in a quote post: historically, making it high-status to hate money ends badly for society — economies collapse when nobody produces.
- His argument: the anti-money attitude is more destructive to value creation than founders starting companies "for the wrong reasons," and money remains the best proxy for building what people want.
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