OpenAI Cofounder Sam Altman Provides Lifeline to Startups Amid Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
OpenAI's Sam Altman offers loans to startups hit by Silicon Valley Bank collapse. Tech leaders unite, stressing need for better bank regulations.
Key Takeaways:
- Sam Altman offers personal loans to startups struggling due to SVB’s collapse
- Tech executives, including Altman, step in to provide emergency funding
- Calls for better regulations and management in the banking industry
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As the second-largest bank failure in the US since the 2008 financial crisis unfolds, OpenAI cofounder Sam Altman is leading the charge in providing personal loans to startups impacted by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Altman, who is also the CEO of the popular ChatGPT creator, is among several tech executives offering financial support to startups in need.
Emergency Funding for Startups
Rad AI’s CEO, Doktor Gurson, revealed that Altman responded to his email with an offer of at least six figures in emergency funds. Altman requested that Gurson pay him back once he’s able. According to a tweet by Jack Altman, Sam’s brother, the OpenAI CEO has been sending money to startups without documentation, simply asking them to “send me back whatever you can whenever you can.”
Altman also encouraged other investors to provide emergency funds to their startups without strings attached. Brex, a fintech startup, announced its offer of emergency lines of credit to startups and received over $1.5 billion in requests from nearly 1,000 companies.
“Even if SVB can’t find a buyer or a loan over the weekend, a lot of the money startups have on deposit will be made available to them,” Altman told Reuters. “But in the meantime, people are facing a real liquidity crunch through no fault of their own, and employees need to get paid.”
The Need for Better Regulations
While the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has seized SVB’s assets, leaving many startups uncertain about their deposits, Sam Altman has called for better regulations and management in the banking industry to avoid similar crises in the future.
“This was a badly mismanaged bank,” Altman wrote in a tweet.
As the tech community comes together to address the fallout of SVB’s collapse, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the importance of financial stability and regulatory oversight in the banking industry.
Source: Fortune Crypto, Business Insider
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