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In a surprise decision Sunday night, OpenAI’s board of directors picked former Twitch boss Emmett Shear as the company’s interim CEO following the dramatic firing of Sam Altman on Friday.

Startups built on OpenAI’s technology are looking for new options after the boardroom coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman.

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X, said Monday the platform has seen “detractors and fabricated distractions,” as she faces calls to resign after a group of major companies pulled ads over concerns about antisemitism on the platform, including from her boss.

The Sydney-based drone company landed $2 million in a pre-Series A raise. The funds have facilitated the acquisition of Brazilian mapping firm Mappa and the global launch of AerologixMaps.

Microsoft is actually in an even “stronger position from an AI perspective” with Altman as the chief of the company’s newly formed advanced AI unit, according to Wedbush analyst Dan Ives.

Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear has been tapped by the board instead, ending a weekend-long saga in which loyalists to Altman had pushed for a shock return.

Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has announced she will step down following the telco’s national outage that impacted more than 10 million customers.

The 34-year-old engineer and chief technology officer of OpenAI has been thrust into the role of CEO after previous boss Sam Altman was ousted from his role.

A day after OpenAI’s board of directors fired former CEO Sam Altman in a shock development, investors in the company are plotting how to restore him in what would amou…

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