Office Relationship Sparks Cofounder Exit and Employee Exodus at Thinking Machines
TL;DR
WIRED reports that Thinking Machines Lab cofounder Barret Zoph faced leadership concerns over a workplace relationship with another employee, described as serious misconduct, before his departure to OpenAI; in the following weeks, multiple cofounders and researchers left for OpenAI and Meta, amid internal misalignment and ongoing fundraising discussions.
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