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Sam Altman

American entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)

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Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American businessman and entrepreneur who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI since 2019. Having overseen the successful launch of ChatGPT in 2022, he is widely considered to be one of the leading figures of the AI boom. Altman attended Stanford University for two years before dropping out and co-founding Loopt, a smartphone geosocial networking service, which raised more than US$30 million in venture capital.

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🇺🇸 OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’ (2026-02-28)
OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic....
🇺🇸 OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon, hours after rival Anthropic was blacklisted by Trump (2026-02-28)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on X that his company has come to terms with the Defense Department for use of its models....
🇬🇧 Sam Altman defends AI’s energy toll by saying it also takes a lot to ‘train a human’ (2026-02-23)
<p>OpenAI CEO also downplayed concerns about how much water datacenters require at AI summit in India</p><p>The OpenAI boss, <a href="https://www.theg...
🇺🇸 Sam Altman defends AI resource usage: Water concerns 'fake,' and 'humans use energy too' (2026-02-23)
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman defended the resource use of AI on Friday, arguing that water concerns were "fake" and comparing it to human energy use....
🇺🇸 Sam Altman would like remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too (2026-02-21)
"It also takes a lot of energy to train a human."...
🇺🇸 Chaos, confusion and $200 billion dreams: What I saw at India’s AI summit (2026-02-21)
India hosted one of the world's biggest AI events this week, but it was marred by impossible traffic and a lack of organization....
🇺🇸 Chinese tech companies progress 'remarkable,' OpenAI's Altman tells CNBC (2026-02-19)
Top tech executives gathered in India this week for the AI summit in New Delhi....
🇺🇸 OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joining OpenAI, Altman Says (2026-02-15)
OpenClaw, the open source AI agent that's surged in popularity in recent weeks, will live within OpenAI, according to a post on X from Sam Altman....

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