I can foresee three possible outcomes here:
1. The board finally relents, Sam goes back and the company keeps going forward, mostly unchanged (but with a new board).
2. All those employees quit, most of whom go to MSFT. But they don’t keep their tech and have to start all their projects from scratch. MSFT is eventually able to buy OpenAI for pennies on the dollar.
3. Same as 2, basically just shuts down or maybe someone like AMZN buys it.
2. All those employees quit, most of whom go to MSFT. But they don’t keep their tech and have to start all their projects from scratch. MSFT is eventually able to buy OpenAI for pennies on the dollar.
3. Same as 2, basically just shuts down or maybe someone like AMZN buys it.