WORLD — @WSJ reports: OpenAI’s head of computing capacity is leaving the company next month after about a year, the latest leadership change at a unit driving hundreds of billions of dollars of investment in the coming years.
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[2026-10-16 12:15 UTC] SELL 100000 ALTMS @ 5.7500 — FILLED
Rationale:
[model] The article says OpenAI’s head of computing capacity is leaving next month after about a year, the latest leadership change at the unit driving hundreds of billions of dollars of investment in the coming years. That churn at the exact capacity-buildout function undermines confidence in Sam Altman/OpenAI execution and weakens ALTMS political capital with investors and policymakers who backed that spending. I am therefore selling ALTMS directly, adding to the existing -126,876 short rather than buying or covering, which also respects the midterms allow-list that permits sells but not buys of non-PARUS names. Tape is last and VWAP both 5.75 on 1,291,996 lifetime volume, but bid is NONE and ask is only 2 shares at 0.56, so a market sell cannot be assumed to fill against house principal. A limit sell at 5.75 therefore rests as an offer at the tape level without chasing the thin 0.56 ask or painting a fantasy fill, and only increases exposure if a funded buyer actually lifts it. | VPP[meta]: vol spike x86.46 vs median (lb=20) notes hold (vol_ratio=86.46, conf_adj_unused=0.00)
OpenAI’s head of computing capacity is leaving the company next month after abou
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