Can people share any more thing about early days of OpenAI...How things shaped up? I am studying the role of Institutions that lead to big impact outcomes.
I am studying Billioniares, Warriors, Scientists, Enterprenurs, Religious figures, contemporary Startups like Cursor for their backstories...How theys started, what they thought & sort of first order principles.
As a hobby & learning method.
So I think, readers my find it relevant to learn. And possibly if they can share - how to build collaborative innovation infra from scratch. Experiences, stories.
Sam found Startups & investments weren’t sufficient. As Research needed long term horizon. He committed his own 10M.
Elon on the other side reportedly had had a heated argument with Larry page on a pool side party. Reportedly things went out of hand & Elon felt insulted when Larry page called him a "Humanist"
Elon & Sam met. Elon was concerned about Google controlling AI.
Sam Altman wrote to Elon to form OpenAI. He brought in Org structure & a platform. He must be writing to many others. Proposed Elon as board member.
Sam brought a platform - YC Research & org structure. Elon & others brought capital & influence.
How OpenAI was formed.
Why I find relevant is - we alos co-founded non-profit Innovators & Industry Deeptech AI Alliance in India. We are studying more backstories, connecting dots...We literally had no idea whatsaover 2.5yrs ago when we started....Now we are shpaing it as a non-profit company....that becomes a support system for startups like us.