Comment by pb7
2 years ago
This whole conversation is weird.
First, OpenAI is not some "little guy". It's a bigger corporation than 99.99% of companies that have ever existed. It's like calling Airbnb or Uber "little guys".
Second, yes, the researchers did that but the company funded it with no guarantee of return. Your argument can be applied to any company or organization; it's needless pedantry.
770 employees is bigger than 99.9% off all companies ever? Because we saw how easily those employees would have walked out the front door only too recently.
It might very well be considering most companies are small businesses but I was referring to their valuation/funding. It's worth tens if not hundred(s) of billions of dollars.