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POV: Aqui-hire gone wrong #tech #ai #startups #openai #comedy

23 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Two founders discuss a $50 million OpenAI acquisition where Ryan, Varun, and the speaker split the payout while 400 employees get nothing. When asked who acquires the staff, one suggests a contact at Groupon. A sketch about how founders cash out and leave everyone else behind.

We're getting acquired by OpenAI. $50 million.
Oh my God, I thought we were gonna go bankrupt.
Ryan, Varun, me, split across us three.
Well, what about the package for the rest of the employees? Uh, the other employees, like all the employees, like the 400 employees. Did you forget about our employees?
Did we include them? I don't— we don't know if we had that in the contract. I think this is more of like an us thing.
None of the employees get any package for this deal?
We can find you another company to acquire you guys.
Who is going to acquire us?
I know a guy. It's going to be okay. I know a guy at Groupon.
Groupon?
That could be interesting.
I think that you need to go and include us in the OpenAI deal.
No, no, definitely not. I have to go figure out the bank transfer information, so you guys just keep chatting, okay?
He took my coffee. And your equity.