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any ideas why OAI execs leave to start AI companies? lack of trust in sama's vision?

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/former-openai-technology-chief-mira-murati-raise-capital-new-ai-startup-sources-2024-10-18/

My mental model

1. A lot of early OpenAI talent was there for the mission (safe AI), so hard pivot to SaaS products is not mission-aligned

2. Liquidity at $100B means all of these people are post-economic

3. Massive amount of funding available for AI startups (more than any other category in the last 20 years)

4. Unclear if there is a moat with foundational models in the medium term, esp. if you can take all of the lessons and raise a massive amount of funding and go train the next generation model

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I don't think most of the people leaving have had $1B+ in liquidity. But certainly in the 10s to 100s millions range.

you described the reasons so that it’s like ‘business — nothing personal’. 

don’t you believe the key reason is closer to philosophical vision conflict at least, but most probably about different views on the risks? (interconnected anyways imo)

I think it’s mission alignment + availability of good options if you leave