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Natasha Mascarenhas @ The Information · 08/21/2025 19:17 EDT

Ex-OpenAI Staff Launch Fund as OpenAI ‘Mafia’ Spreads

Over the last two years, several ex-OpenAI employees have left to found new startups. Now some former researchers at the ChatGPT maker are starting venture funds, extending a history of alums from buzzy startups who jump into investing. The latest example of this is Zero Shot Fund, started this summer by a group of former OpenAI employees who worked on research and engineering. The firm is targeting $100 million for its debut fund to back very young artificial intelligence startups, especially those founded

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