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According to insiders, the board initially agreed to resign and allow Altman and Greg Brockman, OpenAI's President and co-founder, to resume their roles. However, there's uncertainty now, with the board missing a crucial deadline for the potential resignation, leading to possible staff resignations.

Expressing his admiration for the OpenAI team on X, Altman's intentions to venture into AI are gaining momentum. Greg Brockman, the former co-founder and president of OpenAI, who departed in the wake of Altman's exit, is anticipated to join this new endeavour. The project is currently in the development phase, as outlined in recent reports by The Information.

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Ashneer Grover, Co-founder and former managing director of BharatPe, mentioned that he is going through similar experiences in India.

OpenAI cited Altman's lack of consistent transparency in communications with the board, hindering its oversight responsibilities, as the primary reason for his departure.

In a post on X, Altman described the day as "weird" and compared it to "reading your own eulogy while you’re still alive." He acknowledged the unexpected outpouring of support and urged people to express their admiration for friends.

Back in May, Altman's project had successfully raised $115 million in a Series C funding round led by Blockchain Capital.

In its first month on the Apple App Store in May, it crossed 3.9 million downloads and reached 15.1 million by June, according to an analysis of the AI app market by Apptopia, reports TechCrunch. In addition, ChatGPT’s usage on mobile devices has grown from just over 1.34 million monthly active users in May to now 38.88 million as of September the report mentioned.

OpenAI has been discussing various options to address the shortage of expensive AI chips it relies on, but no final decision has been made, according to Reuters, citing sources.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the ChatGPT developer is “talking to investors about a share sale” that would value the company between $80 billion to $90 billion, “roughly triple its level earlier this year”.