I struggle to see how these companies would be affected in the medium-term. The stock would dip for a few weeks? OAI has virtually no revenues when compared to their passive; good lord, every other of these companies has actual, profitable products, long-time customers, etc.

I don't see why you'd bail out a company that a) isn't a very large employer, or b) essential to the economy, or c) essential to the country. OAI is neither of these, its users can switch model/provider/APIs with little friction.

Yikes, if Altman keeps conning people the way Musk did/does, maybe these companies should tank so that we all learn to be more moderate in our investments.