Sam Altman reportedly returned to OpenAI with the help of his tech exec friends, interim CEO Emmett Shear and Airbnb's Brian Chesky

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Airbnb's Brian Chesky, former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Silicon Valley tech execs came together to reinstate Altman as CEO at OpenAI.

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Sam Altman enters his power era

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The reinstatement of Sam Altman as OpenAI CEO demonstrated the immense level of power he wields.

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OpenAI's interim CEO once described meeting Sam Altman and immediately recognizing his business superpower

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Emmett Shear (R), interim CEO of OpenAI, said ex-OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is an impressive dealmaker.

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See the moment Sam Altman introduced Emmett Shear at Stanford 9 years before the ex-Twitch chief became OpenAI's CEO

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A collage of Emmett Shear and Sam Altman.
Emmett Shear and Sam Altman.

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My computer science classes were too slow, so I dropped out to focus on my AI startup. Even my dad agreed.

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Automorphic's co-founders Maaher Gandhi, Govind Gnanakumar, and Mahesh Natamai.

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AI booster Paul Graham complains of rise in web content that's 'AI generated SEO bait'

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Paul Graham in 2011

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A message to OpenAI's Sam Altman was an AI startup founder's last ditch effort to help save her company — and it worked

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Avni Patel Thompson, founder and CEO of Milo.

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