Posted 3/30/2024, 5:10:21 PM
Mystery 'Fake Person' Briefly Ran OpenAI's $175M Startup Fund
- OpenAI's $175 million startup fund was run by a seemingly fake person named "Jacob Thomas Vespers" for a period of time in 2023
- Documents filed with the California Secretary of State established this fake person as the fund's manager and provided a false address
- OpenAI says the documents were "completely fabricated" and that "Jacob Vespers does not exist to our knowledge"
- It's unclear who filed the false documents or what their motivation was - perhaps a failed financial crime or bizarre prank
- The person now running OpenAI's fund is their CEO Sam Altman