For a year, OpenAI board has been criticized. As too small and divided, it couldn’t effectively govern the fast-growing startup. The board displayed dysfunction publicly when four members fired Sam Altman. In response, Mr. Altman rallied almost all 770 employees to push for the board’s resignation. Included in the talks were Laurene Powell Jobs and Brian Chesky as potential board members, but the departing board wanted Mr. Altman replacements to be independent thinkers. This led to the creation of a provisional three-person board to be discussed further in the coming months. The new board will be responsible for analyzing OpenAI, which started as a nonprofit in 2015, further. The board was criticized for lack of gender diversity in deliberations, and while the new board is expected to be more diverse in the future, the pool of candidates currently stands.
