Read Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott’s email on why OpenAI’s board sacked Sam Altman

2026-02-07 - 05:25

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott's email reveals OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's ouster stemmed from a clash with board member Ilya Sutskever. Key issues included a dispute over GPU allocation between research and applied teams, and Sutskever's discomfort with researcher Jakub Pachocki's promotion to lead model development. This internal discord ultimately led to Altman's firing.