Person/Sam Altman

• Sam Altman

  • Overview

    • Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the AI research company behind OpenAI/Model/GPT/4/1, OpenAI/Model/o3, and ChatGPT
    • Former president of Y Combinator (2014–2019), where he helped fund and mentor hundreds of startups
    • Co-founded OpenAI in 2015 alongside Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, and others
    • Briefly ousted as OpenAI CEO in November 2023 by the board of directors, then reinstated days later after widespread employee and investor support
    • Named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People (2023) and CEO of the Year by Time (2023)
    • Stanford University dropout — studied computer science before leaving to co-found Loopt, a location-based social networking app (acquired by Green Dot in 2012)

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