First they come after your shares, then they come after you personally: Ashneer

Sam does not hold shares in OpenAI

Board is in itself incapable of building something: Ashneer

Sam Altman, Founder of OpenAI was ousted as the CEO from the Board of Directors. He took to X to express his thoughts on this. “if i start going off, the openai board should go after me for the full value of my shares,” he posted. Former co-founder of Bharat Pe who too was ousted on allegations of financial fraud replied to him by saying, “Sam – I am going through the same things in India. First they come after your role / shares – then they come after you personally. It’s a long fight ! Stick on !! It’s a template now of the startup Boards and investors globally – all ego – no intellect. People are smart enough to see through.” He however missed out on the fact that Sam did not mean it and that it was a joke. Sam does not hold shares in OpenAI. 

if i start going off, the openai board should go after me for the full value of my shares

— Sam Altman (@sama) November 18, 2023

 He also posted about the incident by relating it to himself. “So Sam got ousted latest. Apparently ‘Board lost faith in his ability’. Board is in itself incapable of building something-puppets of investors. Would love to see someday 60 year old board members come together to build something meaningful,” he posted. However things got worse for Ashneer as the photo he shared along with the post was not that of Sam Altman. Ashneer later  deleted his posts.