Snapshot · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Kokotajlo refused to sign OpenAI's anti-disparagement exit clause and stood to lose roughly $2 million — about 80% of his net worth — before the policy was publicly reversed.
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Steven Bartlett raises the story that first brought Kokotajlo to wide public attention: the $2 million he stood to lose for refusing to sign OpenAI's exit paperwork. Kokotajlo walks through it methodically. After his farewell, he received exit documents containing two clauses: one requiring him never to criticise the company publicly, and a second requiring him to keep the existence of the first clause confidential. He found this incongruous for a nonprofit supposedly acting 'for the benefit of all humanity.' He and his wife spent a month to two months discussing it, consulted lawyers, and ultimately refused to sign. The $2 million in equity represented about 80% of their net worth at the time. What they didn't anticipate was the internet's reaction: employees started asking questions on Slack, a scandal erupted, and OpenAI quietly reversed the policy — keeping equity for all past employees. Sam Altman publicly claimed he hadn't known about the clause, a claim Kokotajlo politely but clearly disbelieves.
The $2 million in OpenAI equity that Kokotajlo stood to lose represented approximately 80% of his and his wife's total net worth at the time.
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