After removing Sam and Greg, there are four remaining.
This means no matter what Ilya does, the other three can vote him out, which is why the board removed Mira, stalled on bringing Sam back, etc, since Ilya's vote does not matter anymore.
Only if you can move two people over to the other side will you have 3 vs 1, and could bring Sam and Greg back.
This Microsoft deal could just be another Satya card, and means:
1. If Sam goes back to OpenAI, we (as Microsoft) still will get new models at the normal rate in our previous contract.
2. If Sam cannot go back, we get to hire most of OpenAI to Microsoft, and can rebuild from the rubble.
So AI is saved at the last minute. Either OpenAI will live, or it will be rebuilt in Microsoft and funded by Microsoft with the same benefits as before. Only loss was slowing AI down by maybe months, but the team probably could get back where they started. They know it all in their heads. Microsoft already has the IP.
If there was no hope for OpenAI, then Ilya might just move with Sam to Microsoft, and that would be the end of it.
This means no matter what Ilya does, the other three can vote him out, which is why the board removed Mira, stalled on bringing Sam back, etc, since Ilya's vote does not matter anymore.
Only if you can move two people over to the other side will you have 3 vs 1, and could bring Sam and Greg back.
This Microsoft deal could just be another Satya card, and means: 1. If Sam goes back to OpenAI, we (as Microsoft) still will get new models at the normal rate in our previous contract. 2. If Sam cannot go back, we get to hire most of OpenAI to Microsoft, and can rebuild from the rubble.
So AI is saved at the last minute. Either OpenAI will live, or it will be rebuilt in Microsoft and funded by Microsoft with the same benefits as before. Only loss was slowing AI down by maybe months, but the team probably could get back where they started. They know it all in their heads. Microsoft already has the IP.
If there was no hope for OpenAI, then Ilya might just move with Sam to Microsoft, and that would be the end of it.