Investor Paul Graham explains why it's better to take a job at a startup over a big company — even if it ends up failing

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The history of OpenAI, from the early days with Elon Musk to the ChatGPT maker being put on blast by Scarlett Johansson

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OpenAI logo displayed on a phone screen and a laptop keyboard are seen in this illustration photo taken in Poland on April 24, 2022.
OpenAI's latest product announcement is GPT-4o.

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The race for ever-cooler workplaces is leaving employees the winners

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In a production studio complete with professional cameras and lighting fixtures, Y Combinator partners Diana Hu, Harj Taggar, Garry Tan, and Jared Friedman record an episode of the Lightcone podcast.
Y Combinator's new San Francisco campus features a production studio.

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Reddit's co-founder is bickering with investors on the company's big IPO day

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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

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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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