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OpenAI Eng Mgmt: "Hey, we really like this rockset thing we've been using, but we don't have the people to build it out as fast as you want." OpenAI Leadership
by wantsanagent 2y ago
OpenAI Eng Mgmt: "Hey, we really like this rockset thing we've been using, but we don't have the people to build it out as fast as you want."
OpenAI Leadership: "Ok, buy Rockset and have them build anything you need."
OpenAI Eng Mgmt: "... Ok. You want to run a db service?"
OpenAI Leadership: "No. Dump all the existing customers. They build for us now."
- jstummbillig 2y agoYes, that's how acqui-hiring goes. Idk. Anything is noteworthy when OpenAI does it, I suppose?
- Jensson 2y agoIt is surprising every time you see a non-profit behave exactly like a for-profit. You'd think there would be some difference, but no apparently we see there is basically none. At least I have never seen a non-profit acquihire before.
- codezero 2y agoOpenAI isn’t a nonprofit. https://openai.com/our-structure/ https://openai.com/our-structure/
- hodgesrm 2y agoThat and the fact that Rockset has been around for a while and has accumulated a decent number of users who are now in search of alternatives.