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Why are people so excited about Sam and Greg joining Microsoft? The only value Sam brought to OpenAI was connections and being able to bring funding. But that'
by lawn 3y ago
Why are people so excited about Sam and Greg joining Microsoft?
The only value Sam brought to OpenAI was connections and being able to bring funding. But that's not something Microsoft needs, so what value does Sam give them?
- bagels 3y agoThey're bringing the talent with them, I'm sure that's part of it.
- peanuty1 3y agoWill be interesting to see how many OpenAI employees leave OpenAI to work at Microsoft.
- thinkingemote 3y agoPutting on my lateral thinking hat, by hiring Altman and Brockman they ensure that they cannot compete against them in whatever enterprise they were thinking of doing. It gives the corporation incredible breathing room of at least a year to catch up while also being able to mine them for their knowledge. Additionally they will serve as beacons for hiring devs into their corporation.
- threeseed 3y ago> The only value Sam brought to OpenAI was connections and being able to bring funding OpenAI was last week a $100b company. You need to do more than just "build an AI model" for that to happen.