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Stability AI CEO resigns to ‘pursue decentralised AI’

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PublishedMarch 25, 2024

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Stability AI founder and chief executive Emad Mostaque has stepped down from the top role and the unicorn startup’s board, the buzzy firm said Friday night, making it the second hot AI startup to go through major changes this week. Stability AI, which has been backed by investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners and Coatue Management has appointed two interim co-CEOs to lead Stability AI, COO Shan Shan Wong and CTO Christian Laforte, while it searches for a permanent CEO.

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“As we search for a permanent CEO, I have full confidence that Shan Shan Wong and Christian Laforte, in their roles as interim co-CEOs, will adeptly steer the company forward in developing and commercialising industry-leading generative AI products,” says Jim O’Shaughnessy, chairman of the board at Stability AI. Also read: Microsoft hires DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of new AI unit Stability AI, which has lost more than half a dozen key talent in recent quarters, said Mostaque is stepping down to pursue decentralised AI. In a series of posts on X, Mostaque opined that one can’t beat “centralised AI” with more “centralised AI,” referring to the ownership structure of top AI startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

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Stability AI founder and chief executive Emad Mostaque has stepped down from the top role and the unicorn startup’s board, the buzzy firm said Friday night.
Stability AI, which has lost more than half a dozen key talent in recent quarters, said Mostaque is stepping down to pursue decentralised AI.