Founders & executives
Sam Altman
CEO of OpenAI; the public face of the commercial frontier.
b. 1985🇺🇸United StatesCEO & co-founder, OpenAI
Ran Y Combinator before taking OpenAI from a research lab to the company that shipped ChatGPT. Now the most visible executive in the industry, and its most-quoted voice on AGI timelines.
Known for
ChatGPTScaling the OpenAI commercial model
3 CareerEvery role we can document, most recent first
- 2019–now7 yrsOpenAICEO & co-founder
- 2014–20195 yrsY CombinatorPresident
- 2005–20127 yrsLooptCo-founder & CEO
0 Books & papersPublished work, oldest first
No books — their work lives in papers, code and talks. The accounts above are the place to follow it.
LineageWho taught whom. Most of this field descends from a handful of laboratories, and the shortest path between two researchers is usually an advisor.
Worked alongsideco-founders and close collaborators
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