OpenAI board pressed by some investors to reinstate Sam Altman

OpenAI investors are pressing the company's board to reverse its decision to fire Sam Altman as chief executive officer and remove him as a director, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Some of the investors including Thrive Global are also in talks with Microsoft, the largest shareholder of OpenAI, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the overtures are private. Altman is open to returning to the company, one of the people said. In one scenario under consideration, members of the current OpenAI board would step down as soon as this weekend, according to multiple with knowledge of the situation. However, the situation is still fluid and no decisions have been made, the people said.