{"id":35747,"date":"2023-11-20T01:08:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T01:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/news\/former-openai-ceo-sam-altman-returns-to-headquarters-for-talks-following-his-abrupt-ouster\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T01:08:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T01:08:28","slug":"former-openai-ceo-sam-altman-returns-to-headquarters-for-talks-following-his-abrupt-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=35747","title":{"rendered":"Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman returns to headquarters for talks following his abrupt ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"SpecialReportArticle-ArticleBody-6\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"SpecialReportArticle-articleBody-6-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, arrived as a guest Sunday at the headquarters of the company he founded.<\/p>\n<p>Altman <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sama\/status\/1726345564059832609\" target=\"_blank\">posted a photo of himself<\/a> on X, formerly Twitter, wearing an OpenAI visitor badge, writing, &#8220;first and last time i ever wear one of these.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Jason Kwon, OpenAI&#8217;s chief strategy officer, also posted a photo of Sam with the badge. Altman&#8217;s appearance at OpenAI HQ followed news that the company&#8217;s investors were pushing to reinstate him as CEO one day after he was ousted by the board, according to people familiar with the matter. <\/p>\n<p>Over the past 24 hours, a large group of OpenAI employees, including executives, also have expressed support for Altman on social media by sharing hearts in response to one of his posts. <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"SpecialReportArticle-QuoteInBody-4\">Microsoft<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>, Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global and venture firm Thrive Capital are part of an effort to reinstate Altman or have been in discussions with him, sources familiar told CNBC. <\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning, OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap wrote in a memo to employees, obtained by CNBC, that the board&#8217;s announcement took everyone by surprise. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have had multiple conversations with the board to try to better understand the reasons and process behind their decision,&#8221; Lightcap wrote. &#8220;These discussions, and options regarding our path forward, are ongoing this morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those discussions have now evolved into media reports that Altman may return to the company, along with OpenAI president Greg Brockman, who quit Friday after news of Altman&#8217;s departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <em>CNBC&#8217;s Rohan Goswami and Jordan Novet contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/11\/19\/former-openai-ceo-sam-altman-returns-to-headquarters-for-talks-following-his-abrupt-ouster.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, arrived as a guest Sunday at the headquarters of the company he founded. Altman posted a photo of himself on X, formerly Twitter, wearing an OpenAI visitor badge, writing, &#8220;first and last time i ever wear one of these.&#8221; Jason Kwon, OpenAI&#8217;s chief strategy officer, also posted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman returns to headquarters for talks following his abrupt ouster | iSafeSpend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, arrived as a guest Sunday at the headquarters of the company he founded.Altman posted a 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