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Sam Altman

CEO at OpenAI. Mentioned in 23 episodes of Lenny’s Podcast, including the conversations with Jessica Livingston and Dalton Caldwell.

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CEO

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OpenAI

Mentioned In23

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Ian Silber 01:05:42
It's very a Sam Alman in terms of just you can just build stuff.
Mark Pincus 00:01:28
Sam Alman, the co-founder of OpenAI, said that today the only bottleneck to building great products is knowing what to create.
Benedict Evans 00:30:20
… this quote from Sam Alman where he said you know we're going to be selling electricity
Caitlin Kalinowski 00:00:42
Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Alman.
Nikhyl Singhal 00:47:21
… What I think about as you talk about this is um I don't know if you saw this, they asked all the heads of the AI labs, like Demis and Sam Altman and Dario, just like, okay, if everybody agreed to slow down and stop this stuff, okay,…
Jacob Warwick 00:20:00
… And so pushing Sam Altman around a little bit which I'm okay with. I'm okay with that.
Qasar Younis 00:49:21
I told Sam Sam Alman was a president
Dr. Fei-Fei Li 00:39:08
" Now, it's the fastest growing product to all of history, changed the...
Howie Liu 00:08:08
kay. I want to go in a completely different direction, something that I'm really excited to talk to you about, which is this very emerging trend that I've noticed that I feel like you're at the forefront of CEOs becoming ICs again.
Nick Turley 00:13:53
5, and then Sam Altman is just like, "Hey, let me tweet about it, maybe see if people find this interesting," yada yada, yada. It's the most successful consumer product in ...
Ben Mann 00:01:20
… my guest is Benjamin Mann. Holy moly.
Sander Schulhoff 01:15:08
… But very notably, recently Sam Altman at a private event, although this went public information, said that he thought they could get to 95 to 99% security against prompt injections. So, i...
Kevin Weil 01:13:31
… Sam Altman, I think it was him who tweeted recently, the creative writing piece that you guys are working on where it's... He is very bad at writing creative st...
Karina Nguyen 01:02:39
… And it's actually very similar to the idea of like, "Okay, maybe Sam Altman doesn't have a lot of time. " Or, for example, I really appreciate some of the technical mentorship....
Mike Maples Jr.00:56:52
… But then she decided to go follow Sam Altman for a year to be his chief of staff. (00:57:36): And Sam Altman visits the future multiple times a day with people.
Jessica Livingston 01:19:56
… And remember, that first summer had Sam Altman, Emmett Shear, Justin Kan, Alexis and Steve of Reddit, they were in the first batch. And the batch thing worked really well because they all became f...
Dalton Caldwell 00:55:39
… Folks like Zuck and Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Elon, Sean Parker. This is before they really became anyone and they all became very successful.
Logan Kilpatrick 00:00:36
… (00:01:38): We also get a little bit into the very dramatic weekend that OpenAI had with the board and Sam Altman and all of that, and so much more. A huge thank you to Dan Shipper and Dennis Ing for some great questions, suggestions.
Ethan Evans 01:11:32
That reminds me, Sam Altman has a similar philosophy of just trust people and assume it'll all be okay. Sometimes you'll get burned, but on balance, it'll end up being much better for you and for everyone around you.
Brian Chesky 00:58:46
… I was with Sam Altman probably a few weeks ago at dinner, and I told him, "I still feel like I have a lot to prove. " And he was really surprised.
Paul Adams 00:23:40
" ...
Gustaf Alströmer 00:58:53
… Gustaf Alströmer (00:59:24): First, request for startup was actually Sam Altman and a few other folks that was kind of that one who drove that. The second one that we wrote into our actual request for startup, I wrote that one, w...
Matt Mochary 00:06:15
… and it was super fun and very successful and then they started recommending me up the food chain and eventually, I met folks like Naval Ravikant and Sam Altman and Brian Armstrong and they recommended me around to the rest of the tech…

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Person

Sam Altman

Role

CEO

Company

OpenAI

Mentioned In23

Works At2

Transcript mentions

Ian Silber 01:05:42
It's very a Sam Alman in terms of just you can just build stuff.
Mark Pincus 00:01:28
Sam Alman, the co-founder of OpenAI, said that today the only bottleneck to building great products is knowing what to create.
Benedict Evans 00:30:20
… this quote from Sam Alman where he said you know we're going to be selling electricity
Caitlin Kalinowski 00:00:42
Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Alman.
Nikhyl Singhal 00:47:21
… What I think about as you talk about this is um I don't know if you saw this, they asked all the heads of the AI labs, like Demis and Sam Altman and Dario, just like, okay, if everybody agreed to slow down and stop this stuff, okay,…
Jacob Warwick 00:20:00
… And so pushing Sam Altman around a little bit which I'm okay with. I'm okay with that.
Qasar Younis 00:49:21
I told Sam Sam Alman was a president
Dr. Fei-Fei Li 00:39:08
" Now, it's the fastest growing product to all of history, changed the...
Howie Liu 00:08:08
kay. I want to go in a completely different direction, something that I'm really excited to talk to you about, which is this very emerging trend that I've noticed that I feel like you're at the forefront of CEOs becoming ICs again.
Nick Turley 00:13:53
5, and then Sam Altman is just like, "Hey, let me tweet about it, maybe see if people find this interesting," yada yada, yada. It's the most successful consumer product in ...
Ben Mann 00:01:20
… my guest is Benjamin Mann. Holy moly.
Sander Schulhoff 01:15:08
… But very notably, recently Sam Altman at a private event, although this went public information, said that he thought they could get to 95 to 99% security against prompt injections. So, i...
Kevin Weil 01:13:31
… Sam Altman, I think it was him who tweeted recently, the creative writing piece that you guys are working on where it's... He is very bad at writing creative st...
Karina Nguyen 01:02:39
… And it's actually very similar to the idea of like, "Okay, maybe Sam Altman doesn't have a lot of time. " Or, for example, I really appreciate some of the technical mentorship....
Mike Maples Jr.00:56:52
… But then she decided to go follow Sam Altman for a year to be his chief of staff. (00:57:36): And Sam Altman visits the future multiple times a day with people.
Jessica Livingston 01:19:56
… And remember, that first summer had Sam Altman, Emmett Shear, Justin Kan, Alexis and Steve of Reddit, they were in the first batch. And the batch thing worked really well because they all became f...
Dalton Caldwell 00:55:39
… Folks like Zuck and Reid Hoffman, Sam Altman, Elon, Sean Parker. This is before they really became anyone and they all became very successful.
Logan Kilpatrick 00:00:36
… (00:01:38): We also get a little bit into the very dramatic weekend that OpenAI had with the board and Sam Altman and all of that, and so much more. A huge thank you to Dan Shipper and Dennis Ing for some great questions, suggestions.
Ethan Evans 01:11:32
That reminds me, Sam Altman has a similar philosophy of just trust people and assume it'll all be okay. Sometimes you'll get burned, but on balance, it'll end up being much better for you and for everyone around you.
Brian Chesky 00:58:46
… I was with Sam Altman probably a few weeks ago at dinner, and I told him, "I still feel like I have a lot to prove. " And he was really surprised.
Paul Adams 00:23:40
" ...
Gustaf Alströmer 00:58:53
… Gustaf Alströmer (00:59:24): First, request for startup was actually Sam Altman and a few other folks that was kind of that one who drove that. The second one that we wrote into our actual request for startup, I wrote that one, w...
Matt Mochary 00:06:15
… and it was super fun and very successful and then they started recommending me up the food chain and eventually, I met folks like Naval Ravikant and Sam Altman and Brian Armstrong and they recommended me around to the rest of the tech…