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Re:Former GitHub CEO Friedman and Scale AI CEO Wang Declined... by willvarfar on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @01:20AM (#38360061)
Emmett was a part-time YC partner.

So there might be bad bad blood and he's doing it to spite YC, or it could be that he's in the loop with the insider chat and is stepping up to rescue what money they can and the VCs will pat him on the back?

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Re:Former GitHub CEO Friedman and Scale AI CEO Wang Declined... by Rastonbury on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @02:52AM (#38360665)
Altman himself was pushed out of the president role at YC, not sure if Shear was a partner then. If he was he'd know the inside scoop

Regarding saving VCs money, if he pushes too hard for commercialization over safety he risks his job.

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Re:Former GitHub CEO Friedman and Scale AI CEO Wang Declined... by sumedh on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:41AM (#38361901)
> Altman himself was pushed out of the president role at YC,

I thought he was close to PG.

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Re:Former GitHub CEO Friedman and Scale AI CEO Wang Declined... by gkkirilov on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:49AM (#38361954)
Yeah, he is. People on the internet make up facts fast.
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Re:Former GitHub CEO Friedman and Scale AI CEO Wang Declined... by Rastonbury on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @10:07AM (#38364609)
After his quiet departure, the YC communication team edited his Wikipedia page to remove his affliation with YC. Make of that what you will, but I don't think many would even bothering doing that for an ex-employee if they were beloved
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