Leaked OpenAI documents show aggressive tactics toward ex-staff, and contradict leadership's comments on being unaware of a provision about equity cancellation
On Friday, Vox reported that employees at tech giant OpenAI who wanted to leave the company were confronted with expansive and highly restrictive exit documents.
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@crumbler
Casey Newton
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Today in being consistently candid https://www.vox.com/...
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Mary Branscombe
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OpenAI actually powers search tools that would have made it easy for Altman and other executives to check this [embedded post]
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@annmlipton.bsky.social
Ann M. Lipton
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this is really interesting not just as an indictment of openai, but as a window into private company governance and equity comp, which is not something the sec - or the states, which could regulate - have adequately addressed [embedded post]
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@kelseytuoc
Kelsey Piper
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Scoop: OpenAI's senior leadership says they were unaware ex-employees who didn't sign departure docs were threatened with losing their vested equity. But their signatures on relevant documents (which Vox is now releasing) raise questions about whether they could have missed it.
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Andrew Maynard
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Very comprehensive coverage from Vox of OpenAI's apparent clauses potentially denying employees access to vested equity - worth reading: https://www.vox.com/...
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@kelseytuoc
Kelsey Piper
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Vox reviewed separation letters from multiple employees who left the company over the last five years. These letters state that employees have to sign within 60 days to retain their vested equity. The letters are signed by former VP Diane Yoon and general counsel Jason Kwon.
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Jonathan Mannhart
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New article by @KelseyTuoc on the OpenAI situation! This... really does not look good for OpenAI & Sam Altman in particular. https://www.vox.com/...
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