Y Combinator founder Paul Graham says claims that Sam Altman was fired by the company are not true, explaining that he left to focus on OpenAI



OpenAI CEO Sam Altman became a partner at accelerator

Y Combinator in 2011 and then became its president. However, Altman resigned as president of Y Combinator in 2019. Regarding this history, Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham has dismissed the claim that 'there was pressure on Altman to resign as president.'

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Paul Graham Clears Air On Sam Altman's Departure From Y Combinator After Ex-OpenAI Board Member Says It Was 'Hushed Up' - Benzinga

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Altman, who became a non-executive partner at Y Combinator in 2011, initially worked part-time, but Graham appointed him president of Y Combinator in 2014.

Altman, who took over as CEO, had been the CEO of Y Combinator for several years and had been running OpenAI, a non-profit organization founded in December 2015.

However, in 2019, OpenAI established a subsidiary with Altman as its CEO, and Y Combinator founding partner Jessica Livingston asked Altman, 'Choose between OpenAI and Y Combinator.'



In addition, OpenAI co-founders Ilya Satkivr and Greg Brockman told Altman, 'If you're going to work full-time at OpenAI, you should find someone else to run Y Combinator.' Altman agreed and stepped down as Y Combinator's president.

'If Altman had said he wanted to find someone to be the CEO of OpenAI so he could focus on Y Combinator, we would have accepted that,' Graham said.

Regarding Altman's resignation as CEO of Y Combinator, some experts and foreign media have reported that he was pressured to step down as CEO by Y Combinator because he prioritized his personal goals over the company's goals.

On the other hand, Graham dismissed the allegations that Altman had resigned as head of Y Combinator, saying, 'Some people have alleged that Y Combinator fired him, but that's not true.'




Graham also said that Altman had made a $10 million investment in OpenAI while he was the president of Y Combinator, and that he was not aware of the investment at the time, as it was made before Altman began working full-time at OpenAI.




'Still, $10 million in OpenAI is not a huge investment for Y Combinator,' Graham said.


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