Sam Altman's message after officially returning to OpenAI as CEO: ‘never been more excited’

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OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman has officially returned as CEO of the AI startup after a tumultuous last week or so, which saw the 38-year-old fired and then announced he was being rehired. In addition, Greg Brockman is returning to his position as president of OpenAI, while Mira Murati, who was briefly appointed interim CEO of OpenAI following Altman's ouster, will now return to her role as the company's CTO.

Sam Altman reacted to his official return to the company in a blogpost, saying, “I have never been more excited about the future. I am extremely grateful for everyone’s hard work in an unclear and unprecedented situation, and I believe our resilience and spirit set us apart in the industry.

I feel so, so good about our probability of success for achieving our mission." Al Microsoft has been OpenAI's biggest backer and has invested over $10 billion in the company but has got little control over its affairs given the unusual governance structure of the AI startup. However, Altman announced on Thursday that Microsoft will now finally have a seat on the new board of OpenAI albeit as a non-voting observer.

Notably, many reports claimed that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had been informed just moments prior to the public announcement regarding the firing of Sam Altman and a non-voting position could help the Redmond-based company be aware of the conversations happening inside OpenAI. Announcing the decision to have Microsoft on new OpenAI board, Altman said, “We clearly made the right choice to partner with Microsoft and I’m excited that our new board will include them as a non-voting observer.