๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ & ๐ ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ Silicon Valley is built on "๐ญ๐๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ." A group of brilliant minds works at a breakthrough company. Then, they leave to build their own empiresโshaping the future of an entire industry. It happened in the 1950s with the Traitorous Eight, who left Shockley Semiconductor to create Fairchildโand later ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ. It happened in the 1990s with the PayPal Mafia, whose alumniโ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค, ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐ข๐๐ฅ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐งโbuilt companies now worth over $1 trillion. Now, a new mafia has emerged. And it's already controlling the future of AIโwhile making billions. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ: ๐๐โ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ OpenAI started in 2015 with a bold mission: Ensure artificial intelligence benefits humanity. With ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ค as early backers, they built an elite AI team: ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ โ AI research visionary ๐๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ง โ Reinforcement learning expert ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข โ Engineering genius ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ข โ AI safety pioneer Then, everything changed. In 2019, OpenAI ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ โ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐-๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ญโ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ to fund its expensive research. By 2024, the company was in turmoil: Microsoftโs $13 billion investment shifted priorities. Internal battles over ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง escalated. OpenAI was losing $5 billion a year, leading to aggressive monetization. The result? A mass ๐๐ฑ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญโwho left to build their own AI giants. ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐น๐๐ฏ Just like the PayPal Mafia, these former OpenAI leaders are now shaping the next wave of AI innovationโand making billions in the process: 1- ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ (๐๐๐) Founded by Ilya Sutskever, OpenAIโs former Chief Scientist. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Build the first safe superintelligence. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ : Raised $1B+, valued at $30B+. 2- ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ Founded by Dario Amodei, OpenAIโs former VP of Research. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Create constitutional AIโwith built-in safety guardrails. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ : Raised $7.3B+ from Google, Amazon, and others. 3- ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ Led by Mira Murati, OpenAIโs former CTO. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Enhance human-AI collaboration across industries. ๐๐๐๐ฆ: 30+ top researchersโtwo-thirds from OpenAI. 4- ๐๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ Founded by Aravind Srinivas, a former OpenAI research scientist. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Reinvent search with AI-driven direct answers (Google without links). ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: $๐๐+. 5- ๐ฑ๐๐ (๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค) Founded by Elon Musk, an OpenAI co-founder turned competitor. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Build a reasoning-focused AI (Grok 3 just launched). ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐: Running on 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ: ๐ $๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ History shows what happens when a tech mafia forms. The PayPal Mafia didnโt just build companiesโthey ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซโ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ, creating an unstoppable network. The same is happening now. OpenAI alumni are ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฌ, ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ-๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ฌ, and actively shaping the next generation of artificial intelligence. They arenโt just influencing the future of AIโthey are the future of AI. And in the next 10 years? Their network could be worth $10 trillion. Follow Vishu Bheda for more such amazing business and tech insights!
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