I am not sure, if the motives are much more simple: 1. there is a board member, who has at least 40m USD invested into a company, that is now effectively compe

I am not sure, if the motives are much more simple: 1. there is a board member, who has at least 40m USD invested into a company, that is now effectively competing with OpenAi (i.e. Quora with poe.com) since the most recent announcements. ...and by the way has a history of sacking founders who don't agree with him. https://www.businessinsider.com/the-sudden-mysterious-exit-of-a-quora-cofounder-has-silicon-valley-baffled-2012-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/the-sudden-mysterious-exit-o... 2. Whoever wants to make significant progress in foundation models needs massive compute, which a non-profit has a hard time simply getting donated. So why should the obvious not be the case? Sam simply trying to get money with a viable business model, so that progress in AI research can actually get funded internally. This unfortunately crossed the business interests of a board member, who wants him out.