OpenAI's Head of Data Centers Has Left the Company

(wsj.com)

44 points | by root-parent a day ago ago

16 comments

  • misswaterfairy 17 hours ago ago

    With a number of high-level departures in recent months from OpenAI, one wonders just how much money they have left. And how close they might be to collapsing...

    For a company that wants to have a massive IPO that would be worth multi-billions, if not trillions, is this the cue to leave the party before the music stops?

    • floro 2 hours ago ago

      The bubble will burst someday. But I would be careful with predicting when. I have a bunch of extra cash ready to invest in the S&P500 when it finally pops

  • evanwolf 21 hours ago ago

    Four years to vest anywhere, what's the math to leave so early?

    • SnorkelTan 20 hours ago ago

      The vested shares are unlikely to be worth anything, so they are essentially just working for a salary.

      • twalla 18 hours ago ago

        There's a fairly liquid secondary market for OpenAI stock - see: Forge, Hiive, EquityZen

        • dgellow 18 hours ago ago

          Doesn’t a sale require approval by OpenAI?

      • browningstreet 20 hours ago ago

        Outrageously untrue. So untrue there's a name for it.

        • bayarearefugee 20 hours ago ago

          Perhaps everything is fine and this person and the bunch of other recent high profile OpenAI departures just really hate money.

          • browningstreet 19 hours ago ago

            There’s a gulf of possibility between. I’m just disputing the idea they’re working only for paychecks because there are no secondary options for their vested stock.

  • Maledictus 21 hours ago ago
  • ergocoder 21 hours ago ago

    OpenAI-Anthropic is similar to Twitter-Facebook.

    Twitter was full of dramas at the exec and founder level, and that impacted their execution.

    Facebook had strong leadership, was very focused, and executed well.

    • malfist 20 hours ago ago

      Executed so well we all take meetings in VR

      • ergocoder 20 hours ago ago

        That's true. By any standard, Facebook is very much a failure.

        • dochaus 20 hours ago ago

          I saw sean parker closed a whole street in nyc today to have a crane move a giant painting into his brownstone

          • ergocoder 14 hours ago ago

            What a failure. Only be able to afford a giant painting. A truly successful person should've been able to afford a football-stadium-sized painting.

  • QuantumNoodle 16 hours ago ago

    One year tenure. Yikes.