Chapter 280

• Francis told Hathaway, "Elli’s own research institute is gearing up to develop independently."
• "OK." Hathaway gave a slow, deep smile. "Then I should give you a quick intro to how Open Intelligence grew. We started back in 2015. Our early investors were a bunch of Silicon Valley bigwigs—yes, including that now-famous rocket guy. Some of those bigwigs dropped out for various reasons."
• "Before GPT blew up this year, almost nobody knew our company. For GPT to hit today’s success, we worked in silence for eight years."