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sam-altman-openai-protected-by-silicon-valley-friends-f3efcf68

Sam Altman's Knack for Dodging Bullets--With a Little Help From
Bigshot Friends

The OpenAI CEO lost the confidence of top leaders in the three
organizations he has directed, yet each time he's rebounded to
greater heights

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the company's office in San Francisco. Clara
Mokri for The Wall Street Journal
By Deepa Seetharaman
, Keach Hagey
, Berber Jin
and Kate Linebaugh
Dec. 24, 2023 5:29 am ET

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Minutes after the board of OpenAI fired CEO Sam Altman, saying he
failed to be truthful, he exchanged texts with Brian Chesky, the
billionaire chief executive of Airbnb.

"So brutal," Altman wrote to his friend. Later that day, Chesky told
Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI's biggest partner, "Sam has the
support of the Valley." It was no exaggeration.

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