<p>Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, has been telling investors that he is planning to launch a new venture, the <em>Information</em> reported on Saturday.</p><p>Former OpenAI president Greg Brockman is expected to join the effort and the project is still in development, the report added citing a person familiar with the matter.</p>.In ousting CEO Sam Altman, ChatGPT loses its best fundraiser.<p>Altman could not be reached for comment and Brockman did not immediately respond to a <em>Reuters</em>' request for comment.</p><p>Altman and Apple's former design chief Jony Ive have been discussing building a new artificial intelligence (AI) hardware device, the Information reported in September. It also reported at the time that SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has also been involved in the conversation.</p><p>The board of OpenAI, the company behind hit product ChatGPT, on Friday pushed out its high-profile CEO Altman. Co-founder Brockman quit shortly after Altman was fired.</p><p>Altman's ouster was over "breakdown of communications," not malfeasance", Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo earlier Saturday that was viewed by <em>Reuters</em>.</p>
<p>Sam Altman, the recently ousted CEO of OpenAI, has been telling investors that he is planning to launch a new venture, the <em>Information</em> reported on Saturday.</p><p>Former OpenAI president Greg Brockman is expected to join the effort and the project is still in development, the report added citing a person familiar with the matter.</p>.In ousting CEO Sam Altman, ChatGPT loses its best fundraiser.<p>Altman could not be reached for comment and Brockman did not immediately respond to a <em>Reuters</em>' request for comment.</p><p>Altman and Apple's former design chief Jony Ive have been discussing building a new artificial intelligence (AI) hardware device, the Information reported in September. It also reported at the time that SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son has also been involved in the conversation.</p><p>The board of OpenAI, the company behind hit product ChatGPT, on Friday pushed out its high-profile CEO Altman. Co-founder Brockman quit shortly after Altman was fired.</p><p>Altman's ouster was over "breakdown of communications," not malfeasance", Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap wrote in an internal company memo earlier Saturday that was viewed by <em>Reuters</em>.</p>