However, Amodei quickly declined the CEO offer due to his position at Anthropic. The startup, which is in direct competition with OpenAI, sells a chatbot named Claude and is actively trying to recruit researchers and win customers. It remains unclear whether the merger proposal led to any serious discussion.
Key takeaways:
- OpenAI's board of directors approached Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, about a potential merger between the two companies.
- The approach came after OpenAI's board fired CEO Sam Altman and was part of an effort to persuade Amodei to replace Altman as CEO.
- Amodei quickly turned down the CEO offer due to his position at Anthropic.
- Anthropic, a 2-year-old startup that sells a chatbot named Claude, is in fierce competition with OpenAI to recruit researchers and win customers.