[swatcoder]

The alternate take is that the ceiling is proving to be lower than originally hoped, and that one team of startup folk are looking to squeeze out a business model that satisfies their original investors and the other team of passionate researchers are ready to go find their next bold research opportunities elsewhere.

[reducesuffering]

> passionate researchers are ready to go find their next bold research opportunities elsewhere

Not supported by Ilya agreeing with board to fire Sam Altman.

I also think you'll struggle to find a majority of people thinking AI research's "ceiling is proving to be lower than originally hoped", what with 4o, SORA, GPT5 all coming and it's only been 1.5 years since ChatGPT.

[mgdev]

I like this take best. :)

Most folks who are part of the startup, don't care to stick around for the scale. Different phases of the company tend to attract different types of people.