I wouldn't attribute to greed for something sufficiently explained by emotions and loyalty.
Their CEO who was doing well as far as anyone can tell, was removed forcibly. It is natural to feel strongly about it.
Their CEO who was doing well as far as anyone can tell, was removed forcibly. It is natural to feel strongly about it.
But in this case, the company was doing things that could be seen as good from a shareholder value perspective, but the board has a different priority. It seems they may think that the company was not working on the right mission anymore. This is an unusual set up, so it's not that surprising that unusual things might happen!
Some of them probably don't know who's on the board before Saturday, like the rest of us.
however, in the case of sam altman getting fired, it's not clear that anything that OpenAI is doing is about to change and it's not clear that these devs would suddenly have to change course. Also, it's not like Sam / OpenAI has any integrity anyway - the idea that it's "open" is totally fraudulent.