Read previewOpenAI CEO Sam Altman wasn't fired from his position as Y Combinator president in 2019, the startup accelerator's cofounder Paul Graham said on Thursday.
"People have been claiming YC fired Sam Altman.
Both outlets reported that Altman was asked to leave the organization for favoring his personal interests over Y Combinator's.
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"We do not accept the claims made by Ms Toner and Ms McCauley regarding events at OpenAI," Taylor and Summers wrote.
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