From nonprofit to $852B: retelling Sam Altman's OpenAI power struggle
unalteredamoeba · reddit · 2026-10-16
A retrospective on OpenAI's governance saga, tracing Sam Altman's path from promising to "use AI for the good of humanity" to running an $852B company: key moments in the nonprofit-to-commercial transition, the dramatic 2023 board firing and swift return, and how those who challenged him are all gone. Critical in tone, but a useful primer on OpenAI's governance evolution.
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