Sam Altman invested $180 million into a company trying to delay death
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- Altman's discussions extend beyond chip production to include other resources such as energy and data center capacity.
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- These upgrades are part of a wave of new large language models being released this year.
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- The change in the governance structure of the OpenAI Venture Capital Fund was documented, eliminating Sam Altman's unusual ownership structure of the fund.
- Control of the fund has been transferred to Ian Hathaway, a partner at the fund since 2021, with Altman no longer being a general partner.
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