Sam Altman’s Knack for Dodging Bullets—With a Little Help From Bigshot Friends - WSJ

By

Deepa Seetharaman

,

Keach Hagey

,

Berber Jin

and

Kate Linebaugh

Minutes after the board of OpenAI fired CEO Sam Altman, saying he failed to be truthful, he exchanged texts with Brian Chesky, the billionaire chief executive of Airbnb.

“So brutal,” Altman wrote to his friend. Later that day, Chesky told Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI’s biggest partner, “Sam has the support of the Valley.” It was no exaggeration.

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