Retrospective on how Sam Altman turned OpenAI's board coup into more power
zack_overflow · x · 2026-11-13
A retrospective comment on OpenAI's 2023 board crisis: the poster argues Sam Altman's handling of the "coup" will be studied in history — he not only returned as CEO but fired everyone on the board who sided against him, emerging with even more power. "When you come for the king, you have to aim for the head."
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