Sam Altman
TypePerson
Also known as: altman
CEO of OpenAI. Previously president of Y Combinator (2014–2019). The most-cited individual in frontier-AI policy and product news. · blog.samaltman.com ↗
184 mentions · 56 days · first seen Apr 2, 2026 · last seen Aug 19, 2026
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August 2026 5 stories · 4 days
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July 2026 10 stories · 5 days
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- 45Elon Musk and Sam Altman spar on X after Apple files OpenAI suit CNBC Technology
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- 53Altman’s emphasis on enterprise cost concerns reveals something important about where the AI industry is in its maturity curve Crypto Briefing
- 52Sam Altman’s Worldcoin cuts WLD unlocks by 43% but 4.9B tokens still need to prove demand CryptoSlate
- 44OpenAI's newest AI model is 54% more token efficient on agentic coding, Altman tells CNBC CNBC Technology
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- 61OpenAI launched GPT-5.6 in limited form days earlier, after the White House's Office of the National Cyber Director asked Decrypt
- 54Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders’ target Ars Technica
- 42OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund TechCrunch AI
June 2026 21 stories · 8 days
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- 57When good money goes bad: the question SpaceX and OpenAI investors aren’t asking Fortune Technology
- 47The intrigue: Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged the new concerns Axios
- 41Why it matters: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has pushed this idea with the Trump administration over the past year Axios
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- 52As the tech mega-IPO race heats up, has OpenAI overlooked its moment? The Guardian Technology
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- 57Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday filed what the state describes as “the first-in-the-nation state-led lawsuit Decrypt
- 53Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders Ars Technica
- 50OpenAI let ChatGPT aid and abet mass shooters, Florida suit asserts BBC Technology
- 50Florida suit accuses OpenAI of ignoring safety warnings and putting children at risk The Guardian Technology
- 49How to save the internet—according to Sam Altman’s all-seeing Orb Fortune Technology
- 47Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of putting profit over safety NBC News Tech
- 47Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over alleged safety lapses NPR Technology
- 45Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman, in first-of-its-kind suit over violent incidents TechCrunch AI
- 44Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over alleged 'exploitation of users' Engadget
- 42Florida sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman over ChatGPT Axios
- 39Florida AG sues OpenAI, seeks to hold CEO Altman personally liable for alleged harms CNBC Technology
May 2026 75 stories · 18 days
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- 55Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back their AI jobs apocalypse prophecies as they eye blockbuster IPOs Fortune Technology
- 51Musk and Altman’s AI rivalry reaches boiling point as IPO race heats up The Guardian Technology
- 49The company has talked to Jill Hazelbaker, Uber’s president and chief corporate affairs officer; Sarah O’Brien The Information
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- 59Elon Musk Drops $150 Billion AI Lawsuit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman Decrypt
- 56Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees Ars Technica
- 56Elon Musk Sheds Landmark Lawsuit Against OpenAI Wired
- 56Musk's other claims against Microsoft were dismissed as a matter of law given the jury's findings on the two claims BBC Technology
- 56When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI The Atlantic Technology
- 56Jury hands victory to Sam Altman and OpenAI in battle with Elon Musk The Guardian Technology
- 55Late last year he agreed to settle with former Twitter executives and thousands of former employees of the social platform BBC Technology
- 55Each form was sold as a guarantee that mission would constrain capital Fortune Technology
- 54Jury rules against Elon Musk in $150 billion suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman Fortune Technology
- 50How Sam Altman’s victory over Elon Musk clears way for OpenAI’s trillion-dollar ambitions The Guardian Technology
- 49Elon Musk sheds his case against Sam Altman The Verge
- 48Jury unanimously dismisses Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI CBS News Technology
- 47How Elon Musk and Sam Altman went from besties to bitter rivals CNBC Technology
- 47Musk v. Altman proved that AI is led by the wrong people The Verge
- 47Musk rebukes Altman trial verdict as a 'technicality,' vows to appeal CNBC Technology
- 47Jury throws out Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman in less than two hours NBC News Tech
- 47Jury dismisses all argues in Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman NPR Technology
- 45The jury in the OpenAI case has ruled against Elon Musk Engadget
- 43Elon Musk Sheds $150 Billion Suit Against OpenAI and Sam Altman New York Times Technology
- 42Elon Musk has dropped his suit against Sam Altman and OpenAI TechCrunch AI
- 40Jury rules against Musk in landmark AI trial Axios
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- 43OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman takes charge of product strategy TechCrunch AI
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- 53Elon Musk's central claim in this lawsuit is that Altman lied to him about his commitment to OpenAI's non-profit status BBC Technology
- 51OpenAI’s lawyer Sarah Eddy argued that Altman and Brockman never promised to keep OpenAI a nonprofit MIT Technology Review
- 47Closing arguments conclude in Musk v. Altman, jury to deliberate next week CNBC Technology
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- 54If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or tap this link Wired
- 50Eddy also argued that Musk’s claims were outside of the statute of limitations for bringing his case The Guardian Technology
- 47Musk lawyers accuse OpenAI of deception in close of mega-trial Axios
- 46While the trial exploring Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI’s other cofounders and Microsoft has covered territory ranging TechCrunch AI
- 44YGR ruled that the jurors would not get to see the trophy unless Musk’s team gave OpenAI a reason The Verge
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- 57In March, OpenAI closed a funding round that was co-led by SoftBank and that valued the AI lab at $852 CNBC Technology
- 55Driving the news: Altman rejected Musk's central claim that OpenAI and Microsoft had effectively tried to "steal a charity." Axios
- 54The final stragglers testified on Wednesday in the Musk v. Altman trial Wired
- 52OpenAI Brings Its Ass to Court Wired
- 44Asked if he would ever fire himself as CEO, Altman confirmed he had no is set to do TechCrunch AI
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- 63OpenAI and Altman have rejected all of Musk’s claims, arguing that he is motivated by jealousy after a failed bid The Guardian Technology
- 53Sam Altman defends himself as a ‘honest and trustworthy businessperson’ in trial testimony detailing his past dealings with Fortune Technology
- 50Elon Musk confirmed control of OpenAI should go to his children, Sam Altman tells jury BBC Technology
- 49Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough The Verge
- 47Sam Altman confirms Elon Musk’s mind games were damaging OpenAI The Verge
- 46Sam Altman testifies at trial that Elon Musk ‘tried to kill’ OpenAI twice NBC News Tech
- 44OpenAI trial recap: Altman testifies he never promised Musk to keep firm a nonprofit CNBC Technology
- 43OpenAI's Sam Altman takes the stand to fend off Elon Musk's accusations he 'stole a charity' NPR Technology
- 42Musk mulled handing OpenAI to his children, Altman testifies TechCrunch AI
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- 57Musk’s core claim in this lawsuit is that Altman and OpenAI president Greg Brockman effectively stole a nonprofit Wired
- 44Mira Murati tells the court that she couldn’t trust Sam Altman’s words The Verge
- 43Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller doesn’t think OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is untrustworthy TechCrunch AI
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- 57In 2024, Musk sued Altman and OpenAI, alleging they reneged on their promise to keep the artificial intelligence lab CNBC Technology
- 51Brockman revealed that his equity stake at OpenAI is currently worth more than $20 billion Wired
- 51Elon Musk will settle the feds’ Twitter suit with pocket change The Verge
- 50Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter suit haunts him at OpenAI trial Ars Technica
- 39Elon Musk sent ominous texts to Greg Brockman, Sam Altman after asking for a settlement, OpenAI claims TechCrunch AI
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- 66How Shivon Zilis Operated as Elon Musk’s OpenAI Insider Wired
- 56They also look into what recent layoffs announced at Meta and the industry at large say about the ways Wired
- 51Elon Musk testifies that xAI tuned Grok on OpenAI models TechCrunch AI
- 51Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial Ars Technica
- 44Jared “ James Brickhouse ” Birchall, Musk’s finance guy and all-around fixer, took the stand after Musk today The Verge
- 41After dissing Anthropic for limiting Mythos, OpenAI restricts access to Cyber, too TechCrunch AI
April 2026 73 stories · 21 days
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- 61Musk accuses OpenAI lawyer of trying to 'trick' him in combative testimony BBC Technology
- 54The lawsuits filed on Wednesday allege that ChatGPT, and specifically the model GPT-4o NPR Technology
- 53Families of Tumbler Ridge shooting victims sue OpenAI Engadget
- 52How Elon Musk Squeezed OpenAI: They 'Are Gonna Want to Kill Me’ Wired
- 50All the evidence rolled out so far in Musk v. Altman NPR Technology
- 45Musk’s direct testimony was an improvement over yesterday, even if his lawyer kept asking leading questions to cue him The Verge
- 44On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets TechCrunch AI
- 43All the evidence debuted so far in Musk v. Altman The Verge
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- 62Elon Musk Testifies That He Started OpenAI to Prevent a ‘Terminator Outcome’ Wired
- 52OpenAI models coming to Amazon Bedrock: Interview with OpenAI and AWS CEOs stratechery.com
- 52OpenAI brings its models to Amazon's cloud after ending exclusivity with Microsoft CNBC Technology
- 50Musk and Altman were reportedly published by a Silicon Valley investor in 2012 BBC Technology
- 49After ChatGPT’s 2022 launch turned OpenAI into a roughly $730 billion firm, Musk sued Fortune Technology
- 48Elon Musk testifies against OpenAI, seeking Sam Altman's ouster NPR Technology
- 47Musk confirms basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI suit BBC Technology
- 46During his defamation suit, he turned on the charm and the jury responded by finding him not guilty The Verge
- 45Elon Musk tells the jury that all he wants to do is save humanity The Verge
- 44Oracle is set to power its New Mexico mega datacenter with a 2.45GW fuel cell farm The Register
- 40OpenAI rallies out of Microsoft's bed, into Amazon's Bedrock The Register
- 38OpenAI's revenue, growth estimates fall short as company races toward IPO: Report CNBC Technology
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- 66Musk and Altman face off in trial that will determine OpenAI's future Ars Technica
- 60Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI’s founding mission The Guardian Technology
- 58Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins Wired
- 54Some Musk v. Altman Jurors Don't Like Elon Musk Wired
- 54Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court over the fate of OpenAI NPR Technology
- 48Musk argues that Altman and Brockman breached OpenAI’s charitable trust by creating a closed-source, for-profit subsidiary MIT Technology Review
- 48Musk vs. Altman: Burning Man, a ‘diary,’ and a trial almost no one thinks Musk can win Fortune Technology
- 43U.S. companies back Sam Altman’s World ID even as much of the world pushes back Rest of World
- 40Jim Cramer confirms this could be the biggest threat to the market’s rally CNBC Technology
- 35Judge in Musk v. Altman seats nine-person jury CNBC Technology
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- 48The bitter rivalry between two of the tech world’s most powerful men arrives in court this week The Guardian Technology
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- 47After police identified 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar as a suspected shooter who allegedly killed eight people TechCrunch AI
- 47Musk drops fraud argues against OpenAI, Altman ahead of trial Fortune Technology
- 44OpenAI's Sam Altman apologizes for not reporting ChatGPT account of Tumbler Ridge suspect to police Engadget
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- 50Worldcoin's Orb Becomes Tinder's Anti-Bot ID Check DL News
- 50Sam Altman’s project World looks to scale its human verification empire TechCrunch
- 50Zoom joins forces with World to verify humans in meetings TechCrunch
- 50World is also launching a World ID app, distinct from the World super app it published last year The Verge
- 50Gazing Into Sam Altman’s Orb Now Proves You’re Human on Tinder Wired
- 50Sam Altman's "proof of human" firm pushes into mainstream services Axios
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- 42The 10 Best TV Flags to Stream This Month Wired
- 39'If I am going to advocate for others to kill and commit crimes, then I must lead by example': OpenAI suspect's chilling manifesto Fortune Technology
- 37The criminal complaint [PDF] alleges that Moreno-Gama targeted two neighboring properties, both owned by Altman The Register
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- 46No injuries have been reported, and charges are still pending, SFPD said in the statement Wired
- 44According to a post on X from the San Francisco Police Department CNBC Technology
- 39Suspect arrested after Molotov cocktail attack against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home Datacenter Dynamics
- 37OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman offered up three tips this week with Axios' Mike Allen Axios
- 35Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week questioned leading tech CEOs about the security CNBC Technology
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- 60Sam Altman's big pitch to patch the big AI mess sounds like Jamie Dimon's Fortune Technology
- 46Fidji Simo assembled OpenAI’s business engine Fortune Technology
- 37— Trump is still trying to ban state AI laws Fortune Technology
- 36Whether it’s a cancer patient using AI to advocate for herself during treatment, a scientist making breakthrough discoveries OpenAI