Most non-competes are unenforceable by law in California.

Though I believe sometimes some narrowly-defined non-competes are ok when it comes to executive-level roles, so unclear if Altman et al. could be affected by those.

But I also feel like someone with Altman's clout could have avoided signing something like that when he took the CEO job.

Outside of CA, MSFT will bankroll to fight it. Where is money gonna come for OpenAI to enforce it?

California banned non-competes