Sam Altman
1985 – ? American entrepreneur, OpenAI CEO
OpenAI's chief and a central figure in the AI boom.
- Religion
- Jewish background.
- Affiliations
- CEO of OpenAI; former president of the startup accelerator Y Combinator; co-founded the crypto project Worldcoin. Briefly ousted and reinstated as OpenAI CEO in November 2023.
Samuel Harris Altman led Y Combinator before becoming CEO of OpenAI, the lab behind ChatGPT. He co-founded OpenAI with Elon Musk and others in 2015. He was briefly fired by OpenAI's board in 2023 and reinstated days later.
Connections
- rival of Elon Musk — Co-founded OpenAI together; Musk left and later sued the company.
- rival of Elon Musk — Co-founded OpenAI; Musk left and later sued the company.
- mentor of Paul Graham — Backed Altman at Y Combinator and named him its president.
- student of Paul Graham — Graham's Y Combinator launched and mentored Altman.
- ally of Reid Hoffman — Backed OpenAI and served on its board.
- ally of Reid Hoffman — Both backed OpenAI; Hoffman sat on its board.
- ally of Satya Nadella — Microsoft is OpenAI's largest partner and backer.
In the timeline
- 2015 Founding of OpenAI mentioned