Alexander Lewis 
Nov 19, 2023
As the ousted CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is holding talks with the OpenAI board for his expected return, he also seems planning to come up with a new artificial intelligence (AI) firm, Reuters reported on Sunday.
While discussing to improve the company's governance structure with some key OpenAI researchers and those loyal to him, he also held discussions on how a new AI company could be started, as source privy to the development revealed.
While the OpenAI reconsiders the ouster of Sam Altman and mulls to bring him back to the company, former OpenAI President Greg Brockman, who resigned from OpenAI the same day when Altman was fired, is going to back Sam Altman in any effort, Reuters reported.
By backing Sam Altman, Greg Brockman was reflecting on the possibility of new artificial intelligence (AI) venture, According to the informed sources.
Similarly, Kholsa Ventures, an old supporter of OpenAI, stands in favour of Sam Altman and demanded his revival at the company.
Vinod Khosla on Saturday, fund's founder, posted on X (formerly Twitter) wherein he writes: "To be clear, Khosla Ventures wants @sama back at @OpenAI but will back him in whatever he does next."
In another shocking development, Jony Ive, former design chief at Apple, has been in talks with Altman to develop a new AI hardware device, Reuters wrote while citing a report from September.
In the same report, it has also been claimed that Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank has been a part of this Altman-led AI startup plan.
As some top researchers at OpenAI quit the company as a result of the CEO change, it remained unclear if Szymon Sidor and others would join the new venture Altman is working on.
Sidor was one of the key researchers of the firm who parted ways and resigned from the company, indicating to join the Sam Altman.
