Ex-OpenAI researcher quips: who knew IMO Gold winners were so good at enterprise sales
willdepue · x · 2026-10-28
willdepue mocks the current AI industry trend of hiring IMO Gold medalists only to have them "resell tokens in a React app" — a snarky take on companies using elite research talent as window dressing for thin wrappers, resonating with doubts that competition genius translates to product value.
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