Sutskever Says His OpenAI Stake Worth About $7 Billion

OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever said his stake in the ChatGPT maker is worth roughly $7 billion, making him one of the largest individual shareholders in the artificial intelligence startup.

Sutskever confirmed the size of his stake in response to a question from Elon Musk’s attorney on Monday during his testimony in a closely watched trial between the world’s richest man and OpenAI.

Sutskever was instrumental in developing OpenAI’s technology and later played a role in briefly ousting Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman. In his testimony, Sutskever said he’d been thinking about concerns with Altman ...