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Sam Altman
Executive
Chief executive officer of OpenAI.
Notable Quotes
"the company is not focused on timing and will go public when it makes sense."View Story →
"the company is not focused on timing and will go public when it makes sense."View Story →
"They (Meta) started making giant offers to a lot of people on our team, you know, like $100 million signing bonuses, more than that (in) compensation per year."View Story →
"The world should 'urgently' look to regulate AI."View Story →
"I was in no rush to take OpenAI public, and that he would do it 'when it makes sense'."View Story →
"We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it."View Story →
"We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it."View Story →
"We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private company."View Story →
"We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it."View Story →
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