Villain Edit: Sam Altman
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Sam Altman is an American tech-entrepreneur best-known as CEO of the AI company, OpenAI.
Early Life and Career
Born in 1985, Altman attended Stanford University for two years before he dropped out and co-founded Loopt, a smartphone geo-social networking service.
Loopt was acquired by Green Dot Corporation for $43.4 million. In 2011, Altman joined Y Combinator, a technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm, and was the company's president from 2014 to 2019.
He is a billionaire with many investments including Reddit, Worldcoin, and Helion Energy.
OpenAI
Altman co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and became its CEO in 2019, a role that made him a prominent figure of the AI boom.
He supervised the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022.
Altman donated USD$1m to the inauguration fund for the Trump administration and has made substantial donations to Republican politicians - seeing to minimise any regulation of AI.
Personal Life
Altman identifies as a gay man and began publicly discussing his sexuality from the age of 17.
Significant relationships have included Nick Sivo - the co-founder of Loopt. They dated for nine years until 2012.
Altman met Oliver Mulherin at a party hosted by Peter Thiel in 2015. They married in 2024 and have a son together.
