Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

I’m joining OpenAI

steipete.me

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

61–70 of 1001 posts

Re: I’m joining OpenAI

#61

Post by rockwotj »

linkregister wrote: post #43
orsorna wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was the project really ever valued that high? Seems like something that can be easily replicated and even properly thought out (re: pi). This guy just ran the social media hype train the right way.

Reminds me of Facebook, there was nothing particularly interesting about a PHP app that stored photos and text in a flat user environment. Yet somehow the network effects worked out well and the website was the preeminent social network for almost a decade.

Technology does not determine the success of a company. I’ve seen amazing tech fail, and things strapped together with ducktape and bubblegum be a wild success.

Re: I’m joining OpenAI

#63

Post by senko »

piker wrote: post #53
senko wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you know it was for less than a billion?

The sentence ended with a question mark.

I don't know the answer, but considering Meta (known for 100m+ offers) was in the rumors, and he mentions multiple labs (and many investors), and all the hype around openclaw ... I can easily see 9 figure, and would not be surprised by 1b+ "signing bonus", perhaps in the equivalent number of OpenAI shares.

Re: I’m joining OpenAI

#64

Post by Barbing »

manmal wrote: post #47
bbor wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wasn't this the same guy that responded with a shrug to thousands of malware packages on their vibe-repo? I'd say an OpenAI signing bonus is more than enough of a reward to give up that leaky ship!

Clawhub was locked down, I couldn’t publish new skills even as a previous contributor. Not what I‘d call a shrug.

I missed Clawhub—y’all following anywhere besides HN? Is it all on that Twitter site?

Re: I’m joining OpenAI

#65

Post by dang »

OGEnthusiast wrote: post #9
songodongo wrote: post #7

[flagged]

[flagged]

Please help us all by not taking HN threads further into hellish flamewars, including (but not limited to) nationalistic or racial flamewars.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: since this account has been posting almost exclusively flamebait and ideological/political battle comments, I've banned it. Please don't create accounts to break HN's rules with—it will eventually get your main account banned as well.

Re: I’m joining OpenAI

#67

Post by unpwn »

krashidov wrote: post #58

What a blunder by Anthropic. We'll see what openclaw turns into and if it sticks around, but still a huge and rare blunder by anthropic

i dont think so, its trivial to spin up an openclaw clone. the only value here is the brand

Re: I’m joining OpenAI

#68

Post by bdangubic »

linkregister wrote: post #43
orsorna wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was the project really ever valued that high? Seems like something that can be easily replicated and even properly thought out (re: pi). This guy just ran the social media hype train the right way.

Reminds me of Facebook, there was nothing particularly interesting about a PHP app that stored photos and text in a flat user environment. Yet somehow the network effects worked out well and the website was the preeminent social network for almost a decade.

facebook is still preeminent social network today

Re: I’m joining OpenAI

#70

Post by jatari »

linkregister wrote: post #43
orsorna wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Was the project really ever valued that high? Seems like something that can be easily replicated and even properly thought out (re: pi). This guy just ran the social media hype train the right way.

Reminds me of Facebook, there was nothing particularly interesting about a PHP app that stored photos and text in a flat user environment. Yet somehow the network effects worked out well and the website was the preeminent social network for almost a decade.

The instant someone makes a better version of openclaw -literally- everyone is going to jump ship.

There is no lock in at all.

Post reply on HN