The Information · Sam Altman · Copilot · OpenAI · Nvidia · Stripe · Fortune Technology
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Key facts
- A hacker group linked to North Korea posed as a quantitative trading firm in a monthslong operation to steal $270 million of digital assets
- A bombshell report in The Information says OpenAI chief Sam Altman has excluded Sarah Friar, the company’s CFO, from key financial meetings
- The attackers met contributors to the Drift Protocol, a decentralized exchange on the Solana blockchain, in person at events and even deposited more than $1 million of their own assets to gain trust
- What’s more, Friar—who came to OpenAI from Nextdoor in 2024, and who sits on the board of Walmart—reports to Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s CEO of Applications, and not Altman
Summary
Heard a few things happened in Techlandia while the reporter was away, and no, the reporter isn't talking about Elon’s new haircut. P.S. Don’t miss colleague Amanda Gerut’s latest on the unusual relationship between Nvidia and Supermicro. Is it strange for a CFO to report to anyone but the CEO? A bombshell report in The Information says OpenAI chief Sam Altman has excluded Sarah Friar, the company’s CFO, from key financial meetings.