Sam Altman Bio | Wiki
Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He serves as the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator. In 2019 Sam held a fundraiser at his house in San Francisco for Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. In May 2020 he donated $250k to American Bridge 21st century, a Super-PAC supporting Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Sam helped fund and create Project Covalence which aimed to help researchers rapidly launch clinical trials in partnership with TrialSpark a clinical trial startup.
Sam Altman Age
Sam was born on April 22, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He is 36 years old.
Sam Altman Height
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.70 m).
Sam Altman Family
He was born in Chicago and raised in St. Louis, Missouri by his parents Connie Gibstine and Altman. Sam has a brother named Jack. His mother serves as a dermatologist. Sam received his first computer at the age of 8. He was raised Jewish.
Sam Altman Married
Sam is gay and has been out since his youth. However, he has not disclosed any information on his marital status. Therefore, it is not known whether he is married, single, or divorced.
Sam Altman Education
He attended John Burroughs School for high school and studied computer science at Stanford University until dropping out in 2005. In 2017, Sam received an honorary degree from the University of Waterloo.
Sam Altman Worldcoin | Crypto
The startup, founded by Sam and Alex Blania, intends to put a special type of cryptocurrency (crypto wallet) onto every human’s smartphone. But in order to do so, they have to build a way to determine whether someone is a unique human. Worldcoin is aiming to make their proof-of-personhood network in the least dystopian way possible. It still requires scanning a billion people’s eyeballs with a five-pound chromatic sphere called “The Orb.
Sam Altman OpenAI | Elon Musk
In March 2019, YC announced Sam’s transitioning into a Chairman position to focus more on OpenAI. This decision came shortly after YC announced it would be moving its headquarters to San Francisco. OpenAI is a for-profit research company whose goal is to advance digital intelligence in a way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole, rather than cause harm, which Sam co-founded with Elon Musk and others.
Sam Altman Y Combinator
Sam commenced as a part-time partner at Y Combinator in 2011. In February 2014, he became the president of Y Combinator. His first batch of investments included Loopt. In a 2014 blog post, Sam said that the total valuation of Y Combinator companies had surpassed $65 billion, including well-known companies like Airbnb, Dropbox, Zenefits, and Stripe.
In September 2016, he announced that he would become president of YC Group, which included Y Combinator and other units. Sam said that he hoped to expand Y Combinator to fund 1,000 new companies per year. He also tried to expand the types of companies funded by YC, especially ‘hard technology’ companies. In March 2019, YC announced his transition into a Chairman position to focus more on Open.
Sam Altman Loopt
In 2005, at age 19, Sam co-founded and became CEO of Loopt, a location-based social networking mobile application. After raising more than $30M in venture capital, Loopt was shut down in 2012 after failing to get traction. It was acquired by the Green Dot Corporation for $43.4 million.
Sam Altman Artificial Intelligence | Podcast
Sam is the C.E.O. of OpenAI, one of the biggest, most important players in the artificial intelligence space. He serves as the host of Artificial Intelligence where he argues since the 1970s, computers have gotten exponentially better even as they’re gotten cheaper, a phenomenon known as Moore’s Law. Sam believes that A.I. could get us closer to Moore’s Law for everything: it could make everything better even as it makes it cheaper. Housing, health care, education, etc.
Sam Altman Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Sam’s estimated net worth is $200 million.
Who Is Sam Altman
Sam is an American entrepreneur, investor, programmer, and blogger. He serves as the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator. In 2019 Sam held a fundraiser at his house in San Francisco for Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.