Is the Cost of Hiring Sam Altman Laying off 10K?
In January 2023, after making the news of massive layoffs by 10,000 employees, it seems the acquisition team at Microsoft is in a good shape to hire Sam Altman after his uneprecedented exit from OpenAI. Interestingly, this move comes at a time when the boardroom at OpenAI plays with rapid executive reshuffles. This hiring of Altman by Microsoft as the key stakeholder in AI technology highlights the escalating competition and innovation in the AI space, charging the landscape with formidable AI leadership.
OpenAI's Leadership Carousel and Microsoft's Gain
The media is still unaware of what turned against Sam Altman leading OpenAI to fire him and already make to reshuffling including, the the appointment of Emmett Shear as the second interim CEO. Microsoft, also an investor in Ope...