Author: 0xAyA, Odaily Odaily
On November 17th, Eastern Time, OpenAI suddenly issued a statement announcing that the company's CEO Sam Altman would resign, and the company's current chief technology officer Mira murati would temporarily take over as CEO. OpenAI said that the determination of the new CEO is still in progress.
The statement stated that Mr. Sam's resignation was a decision made after careful consideration and review by the board of directors. His lack of candor in communicating with the board of directors affected his ability to perform his duties. The board has lost confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.
A few hours ago, Sam Altman said on Twitter: "I loved my time at OpenAI. It was a transformative experience for me personally, and I hope it will also produce some changes in the world. The most important thing is What’s great is that I love working with such talented people.”
At the same time, OpenAI employee Alex Cohen stated on Twitter that he and his boss Sam were fired by OpenAI and were looking for a new job. OpenAI co-creator Greg Brockman also tweeted that he would quit OpenAI due to Sam's resignation.
CoinMarketCap data shows that Worldcoin’s token WLD fell more than 13% to $1.91 on the day. Worldcoin raised $115 million in Series C funding led by Blockchain Capital in May. In March of this year, it was reported that Altman was a board member of Worldcoin but was not involved in "day-to-day" operations.
As a well-known entrepreneur and investor, Sam also has a huge interest in the fields of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. In addition to Worldcoin, he has also led investments in a number of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related startups. Putting together Sam's other business plans, it is not difficult to see that he is trying to build a future utopia dominated by AI, encryption, energy technology and many other high technologies.
Previously, he said in a video interview that as a currency that is not subject to regulatory control, Bitcoin is a super logical and important step on the technology tree. As for the attitude of the SEC and the US government towards cryptocurrencies, Sam also expressed his concerns. He believes that the US government is launching a "war" on cryptocurrencies and hopes to "control" Bitcoin. At the same time, he also opposes CBDC. He said on Joe Rogan's podcast: "I am disappointed with the recent actions of the U.S. government, but I think this war on cryptocurrency, we cannot give up, and we will control 'Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency'."
Considering Sam’s previous attitude and interest in cryptocurrency, as well as his expectations for the future world vision, it is possible that Sam will focus on the Worldcoin project in the future and officially join the daily operations, just like after Steve Jobs was fired by Apple. What he did - After being fired from Apple, Jobs founded NeXT, a company that developed high-end computers and software.
NeXT's operating system later became the basis for Apple's redevelopment, and NeXT was also acquired by Apple, allowing Jobs to return to Apple. In addition, Jobs also founded Pixar Animation Studio, which later became a leader in animated film production and created a series of successful film works, such as "Toy Story", "The Incredibles" and "Monsters, Inc." Pixar was later acquired by Disney, and Jobs became one of Disney's largest shareholders.
Currently, Worldcoin has not responded to Altman’s future at Worldcoin or its future plans.
Still persisting in pursuing dreams, innovating and persisting in work in difficult times is the only way to become a leader. We can perhaps expect Sam to make significant progress on the Worldcoin project, contributing to the development of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, while realizing his vision for the future world.
