CEO of OpenAI

Sam Altman

CEO of OpenAI. Former president of Y Combinator. Led the development of GPT-4, ChatGPT, and DALL-E.

Known For

OpenAIChatGPTGPT-4

Canon

Automation Creates Expert Human Work, Not Fewer Jobs

The End of the Capital Light Era: From Cheap Abundance to Resource Scarcity

Cliff Events Reveal Who You Really Are

Constraints Enable Scaling — Simplicity Over Optionality

The Meaning Problem: How Civilizations Create Purpose When Scarcity Is Solved

Distillation Attacks: Why Open-Source Models Create Asymmetric Advantage

Efficiency Gains Create Systemic Fragility

Innovation as New Combinations

The Jagged Frontier: AI's Radical Unevenness Across Domains

Episodes

#Sam Altman - How to Make an Abundant FutureJul 28, 2026 #Sam Altman Offers Trump 5% of OpenAI: Fool or Genius? | Alex Karp Sounds the Alarm | The Rise of Chinese Open SourceJul 9, 2026 #Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAIApr 22, 2026 #Who is really shaping the future of AI?Dec 19, 2025 #Sam Altman on Scaling Laws, Semiconductors, and Where Startups Can WinNov 4, 2024 #Sam Altman and Brad Lightcap on the Future of Foundation ModelsApr 15, 2024 #419Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | EP 419Mar 18, 2024 #419OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGIMar 18, 2024