According to Greg Brockman, Elon Musk cherry-picked entries from Brockman’s personal journal and omitted context that both sides had agreed a for-profit structure was the next step for OpenAI, adding that the excerpts were about whether to accept Musk’s draconian terms, source: Greg Brockman on X on Jan 17, 2026. For traders, OpenAI governance headlines have previously moved AI-exposed equities; Microsoft shares hit a record after it said it would hire Sam Altman to lead a new AI group during the 2023 OpenAI leadership turmoil, indicating sensitivity to OpenAI news, source: Reuters on Nov 20, 2023. AI-linked tokens have also shown reactivity to OpenAI leadership updates; Worldcoin (WLD) rallied after Altman returned to OpenAI, underscoring crypto market sensitivity to major AI headlines, source: Bloomberg on Nov 22, 2023.