[ah765]

This is actually pretty surprising to me, since a financially motivated person would normally wait until a better deal, and just collect their paycheck in the meantime.

There's also no guarantee that Altman will really start a new company, or be able to collect funding to hire everyone quickly. I wonder if these people are just very loyal to Sam.

[MattGaiser]

> This is actually pretty surprising to me, since a financially motivated person would normally wait until a better deal, and just collect their paycheck in the meantime.

I imagine you need to signal that you want in on the deal by departing. Get founder equity.

[jatins]

Even if he had started a new company, there was no way a dozen employees were getting founder equity for showing loyalty

[hurryer]

Or they could be loyal to the e/acc cult.