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How does someone come back without being livid about what just happened?

Without giving it much thought, my first impulse would be that every single person who participated in the ousting would have to resign and go away immediately. I cannot conceive of any way to clear the air and approach the work to be done with a clear mental state.

Too vindictive or appropriately restorative?

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I'm interested in whether this has potential trickle effect in other startups where the staff threaten to mutiny if they don't like the change in leadership. Flipping crazy and precedent setting for corporate governance.

Another thought along those lines might be:

How is this going to influence startup deals?

Are founders going to insist on terms that protect them from the board easily ousting them?

Yes, the fall-out from all this is going to be much, much wider than just OpenAI. And if it ends up in front of a judge I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually results in adjustments to the law.

Oh that will definitely be a starter condition. Otherwise the rest of the conversation is pointless. Between Ilya and Sam it is going to be plenty of uncomfortable too but that might be repaired, especially with Greg bridging. But the rest of the board isn't going to survive this if Sam goes back to OpenAI.

Ilya can stay, bygones be bygones. He was there since the beginning. everyone else must go.

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