Adam D'Angelo
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Oct 18, 2026
PhilipHOST
Anyway, time to move on to something more positive.
PhilipHOST
After all, even Sam Altman can now get along with Adam D'Angelo, so anything is possible.
PhilipHOST
I'm going to end with some positive and amazing news about music generation.
PhilipHOST
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It seems like Sam Altman has agreed not to return to the board, while Adam D'Angelo will stay.
speaker_3HOST
Furthermore, Sam Altman has agreed to allow an investigation into his affairs before the firing.
speaker_3HOST
Remember that Adam D'Angelo, the CEO of Quora and one of the people who voted to remove Sam Altman, was described by Sam Altman in a blog post from a few years ago as one of the few names that people consistently mention when discussing the smartest CEOs in Silicon Valley.
speaker_3HOST
And Sam Altman said he has a very long-term focus, which has become a rare commodity in tech companies these days.
speaker_3HOST
I wonder if he would reaffirm that about Adam D'Angelo now.
speaker_3HOST
But back to Microsoft, who had not only announced the arrival of Sam Altman, but even gotten a floor of their office in San Francisco ready with laptops and clusters of GPUs.
speaker_3HOST
Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, even said that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were in the process of joining Microsoft.
speaker_3HOST
Back to the bubble point.
speaker_3HOST
That means if your definition of AI progress was insane GDP acceleration, as one of the only remaining OG members of OpenAI's board predicted would occur, that's Adam D'Angelo, he expected up to 50% growth per year.
speaker_3HOST
Well, if that's your definition, then that perception is a bubble that has burst.
speaker_3HOST
Before we leave that MIT study behind, though, two last quick clarifications.
Wes RothHOST
With the new board and with Satya's support, I'm looking forward to returning to OpenAI and building on our strong partnership with Microsoft", and that's of course, confirmed by OpenAI.
Wes RothHOST
We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo.
Wes RothHOST
People may have been a little bit harsh with Adam D'Angelo.
Wes RothHOST
We might have to apologize.
Wes RothHOST
And Satya comes in and says, "We are encouraged by the changes to the OpenAI board.
Wes RothHOST
We believe this is a first essential step on a path to more stable, well-informed, and effective governance.
Wes RothHOST
Sam, Greg, and I talked and agreed they have a key role to play, along with the OpenAI leadership team in ensuring OpenAI continues to thrive and build on its mission.
Wes RothHOST
We look forward to building on our strong partnership and delivering the value of this next generation of AI to our customers and partners." So why is Adam D'Angelo back? Was he not the Judas who put this whole thing in motion? Seems that that wasn't the case.
Wes RothHOST
You have no power here.
Wes RothHOST
And it seems like a lot of people are mad at Adam D'Angelo, so he's one of the members of the board.
Wes RothHOST
We covered the theory about-
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Wes RothHOST
him in the previous video, but it looks like a lot of people are beginning to think that he is behind all of this.
Wes RothHOST
So the belief is that Adam D'Angelo, so he is the CEO of Quora, and he recently, or I guess at the beginning of the year, put out something called Poe, which was last month also became, you were able, if you built on Poe, you were able to monetize it.
Wes RothHOST
And basically what Poe is, is very similar to the ChatGPT store, the GPTs that you're able to sell and share in the revenue.
Wes RothHOST
As the leader of the company's research, product, and safety functions, Mira is exceptionally qualified to step in the role of interim CEO.
Wes RothHOST
We have the utmost confidence in her ability to lead OpenAI during this transition period." OpenAI's board of directors consists of OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, independent directors Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo, technology entrepreneur Tasha McCauley, and Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology's Helen Toner.
Wes RothHOST
As part of this transition, Greg Brockman will be stepping down as chairman of the board and will remain in his role at the company, reporting to the CEO.
Wes RothHOST
OpenAI was founded as a nonprofit in 2015 with the core mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Wes RothHOST
Then we have Tasha McCauley, again, set to protected.
Wes RothHOST
And then there's this fellow, Adam D'Angelo.
Wes RothHOST
So he's the CEO of Quora, and he's working on something called Poe.
Wes RothHOST
What is Poe, you ask? That's a great question.
Wes RothHOST
It does sound a lot like that.
Wes RothHOST
Now, Poe came earlier.
Wes RothHOST
So what, what might have happened, what seems to be happening, is that Adam D'Angelo, CEO of Quora, launches Poe, and looks like it, it started a while back.
Wes RothHOST
I mean, this is as early as February third.
Wes RothHOST
She's the co-director of Stanford's Human-Centered AI Institute.
Wes RothHOST
We also have Adam D'Angelo, so you might remember him from that whole OpenAI fiasco where Sam Altman got fired.
Wes RothHOST
He was one of the board members.
Wes RothHOST
He's still on the board of OpenAI.
Aditya AgarwalGUEST
But we were aware.
Aditya AgarwalGUEST
And but remember, Thrift was actually the successor to a protocol that Adam D'Angelo had written internally, which is Pillar.
Keith AdamsHOST
Okay, this is archaeology that's beyond my ken.
Keith AdamsHOST
But
Dagogo AltraideHOST
Greg Brockman also came back into the fold, announcing his return with a picture.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
Except for Adam D'Angelo, the old board members had all left.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
They were replaced by Brett Taylor, the former co-CEO of Salesforce, and Larry Summers, the former Treasury Secretary.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
Emmett Shear, who was the interim CEO for just 72 hours, seemed to be happy with the outcome, judging from his tweet.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
We've already mentioned him quite a few times now.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
He is a prominent researcher in the AI field and is very vocal about AI safety.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
Then there's Adam D'Angelo, a former Facebook executive and co-founder of Quora.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
There were other notable names on the board, It would seem like there's an ethos struggle within the company.