The Acquihire Beta
Fig. 2 · personal net worth (post-deal) vs. publicly-stated principles · regression
| Subject | $ realised | Statement of principle | β |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shazeer | ~$1bn | ”would not let me ship a chatbot” | 0.92 |
| Murati | $12bn (valuation) | pre-product, on alumni capital | n/a |
| Zoph | undisclosed | ”unethical conduct” (alleged) | — |
| Wang | $14.3bn (Scale) | “build superintelligence” | 1.00 |
| Sutskever | $32bn (valuation) | “one focus, one goal, one product” | 0 (no product) |
- Time-and-space, per the subject’s standing statement to The Information, remains an explanatory variable rather than a dependent one. The regression has been withheld pending further exploration.