OpenAI Board Reappoints Altman and Adds Three Other Directors

OpenAI’s board said an investigation into the circumstances surrounding CEO Sam Altman’s short-lived firing last November had exonerated the executive, who had been reinstated after a staff revolt. As a result, the company announced Altman had rejoined the board.

The company said that the investigation, which was undertaken by the WilmerHale law firm, found that “his conduct did not mandate removal.” Instead, it found that his firing resulted from a “breakdown in the relationship and loss of trust between the prior Board and Mr. Altman.” It also found that the old board had acted too quickly, “without advance notice to key stakeholders and without a full inquiry or an opportunity for Mr. Altman to address” its concerns.