But judging by how the situation's unfolded, it seems that OpenAI's investors and partners ' and many of its employees ' were more comfortable with the idea of the board's power than it exercising that power. And they didn't count on the cult of personality surrounding Altman, the former president of Y Combinator and a longtime fixture of the Silicon Valley startup scene. On Saturday evening, just over 24 hours after the OpenAI board unceremoniously announced that Altman would be replaced by Mira Murati, OpenAI's CTO, on a temporary basis, multiple publications published reports suggesting that the OpenAI board was in talks to have Altman return at the helm. Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, a major OpenAI partner, was reportedly 'furious' to learn of Altman's departure 'minutes' after it happened, and has been in touch with Altman ' and pledged to support him ' as OpenAI backers (in particular Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital and Thrive Capital) recruit Microsoft's aid in exerting...
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