In March 2024 Elon Musk sued Sam Altman and OpenAI in California court, alleging breach of contract to develop artificial general intelligence to benefit humanity and not as a for-profit company as well as related fiduciary claims. Here is my take on the complaint.

Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a judge in April for stealing $8 billion from customers of FTX . If he can't be a good example, he can at least be a horrible warning. Here is my take on what startup founders can learn from this case.

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