Fired From OpenAI, Microsoft Officially Recruits Sam Altman And Greg Brockman

Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella (photo: X @satyanadella)

JAKARTA - Not wanting to miss the golden opportunity, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella announced on Monday, November 20, that he had recruited Sam Altman and Greg Brockman to Microsoft's new AI research team.

We are excited to deliver the news that Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, along with his colleagues, will join Microsoft to lead the new Al research team. We look forward to moving quickly to provide the resources needed for their success," Nadella wrote in a post on X.

We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our product roadmap, our ability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know Emmett…

— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 20, 2023

We remain committed to our partnership with OpenAI and have confidence in our products roadmap, our probability to continue to innovate with everything we announced at Microsoft Ignite, and in continuing to support our customers and partners. We look forward to getting to know...

In addition, he also said that Microsoft will remain committed to its partnership with OpenAl and believes in its product roadmap to continue to innovate with everything announced in Microsoft Ignite.

"We look forward to getting to knowter Shear and OpenAI's new leadership team and working with them," he added, still in the same post.

Altman and Brockman's recruitment came after OpenAI failed to negotiate with Altman to return to the company. On the other hand, the former CEO and co-founder of Twitch, totaling Shear, was appointed interim CEO.

"I'm very happy that you joined as CEO of this new group, Sam, who set new steps in innovation," Nadella said in reply to Altman's post which reads "mission continues."

"We've learned a lot over the years on how to provide founders and innovators with space to build independent identities and cultures in Microsoft, including GitHub, Mojang Studios, and LinkedIn, and I'm looking forward to you doing the same," he concluded.

I’m super excited to have you join as CEO of this new group, Sam, setting a new pace for innovation. We’ve learned a lot over the years about how to give founders and innovators space to build independent identities and cultures within Microsoft, including GitHub, Mojang Studios,…

— Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) November 20, 2023

I'm super excited to have you join as CEO of this new group, Sam, setting a new pace for innovation. We've learned a lot over the years about how to give founders and innovators space to build independent identities and cultures within Microsoft, including GitHub, Mojang Studios,...

Sam Altman was sacked as CEO of OpenAI last Friday. After this, employees urged the company's board to ask Altman to return as CEO. But unfortunately, Altman rejected the negotiations.