Why Sam Altman Won't Be on the Hook for OpenAI's Spending Spree
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·November 8, 2025wronglebowski
coliveira
It's gonna be very fun to watch SA being tried for fraud and deceiving investors about the "future profits" of his startup.
rossdavidh
As others have said before me: "the hype IS the product".
dangus
You don’t even have to read the article. There is no such thing as a CEO held accountable.
Just look at Elon’s insane pay package, approved in a landslide. The skulls of the average shareholder must echo like a cave.
And the rich accuse the poor of their poverty being their own fault, because they are just being irresponsible, making bad decisions, and spending unwisely. They should look in the mirror.
bigstrat2003
Yeah, a CEO being "held accountable" looks like "we will pay you enormous sums of money to leave the company". Just once I would like to see the CEO of some big corp face actual consequences for running the company badly, but I'm not holding my breath.
0_____0
May I introduce you to the Enron scandal?
the__alchemist
Are you sure you can't think of any examples?
web3-is-a-scam
> At an event this week, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar seemed to suggest that the government could act as a “backstop” for the company’s commitments
She said the quiet part out loud? This was always the play, it is obvious. Too big to fail. National security concerns. China/Russia veer scary. Blah blah blah.
Altman’s libertarian pontification is so obviously insincere it’s laughable.
Polizeiposaune
And David Sacks immediately responded with "there will be no government bailout":
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/trump-ai-sacks-federal-bailo...
null
At what point will the massive investments into AI show a respectable return? With the literal Trillion dollars OpenAI is constantly trying to raise what type of revenue would make that type of investment make sense? Even if you're incredibly bullish I don't know how you make that math work anymore.