I don't often comment on HN in either of these cases but... I think aspects of both things are true.

There is a serious AI bubble right now and also it is the norm in the startup/VC world to fuck over regular employees.

I'm happy for any normal people who got 1.5M here. But even in this case I believe this has more to do with weird poaching politics (and hype building) than it does being legitimately altruistic.