Sam Altman, CEO of Y combinator
Sam Altman.
  • Sam Altman was ousted from OpenAI then accepted a top job at Microsoft over the weekend.
  • Investors, Wall Street analysts, and industry insiders have weighed in on the drama.
  • Scroll down for a roundup of their reactions.

Over the course of a whirlwind weekend, OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman was ousted from ChatGPT's parent company and promptly accepted a job running a new AI research team at Microsoft.