On December 31st, The Wall Street Journal revealed that OpenAI's financial disclosures to investors indicated its employee compensation packages were significantly higher than those of any tech startup in recent memory. The average equity compensation for OpenAI's workforce of around 4,000 employees stands at approximately $1.5 million per individual. This figure dwarfs the equity compensation disclosed by Google in 2003, just before its initial public offering (IPO) in 2004, by more than sevenfold. According to an analysis conducted by The Wall Street Journal, utilizing data from compensation research firm Equilar, this staggering $1.5 million average is roughly 34 times the average compensation received by employees in the year preceding the IPOs of 18 other major tech companies. This analysis encompassed a review of IPOs from leading tech firms over the past 25 years, highlighting the exceptional generosity of OpenAI's compensation strategy in the competitive AI landscape.