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Sam Altman

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur and investor. He was president of Y Combinator before becoming CEO of OpenAI in 2019.

Born: April 22, 1985
Role: CEO, OpenAI

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Born: April 22, 1985
Role: CEO, OpenAI

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Inside OpenAI

OpenAI began in 2015 as a nonprofit, added a capped-profit arm to fund compute, and became a household name almost overnight in 2022.

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