Samuel Harris Altman (born April 22, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as the chief executive officer of OpenAI since 2019 (he was briefly dismissed and reinstated in November 2023). [1] He is also the chairman of clean energy companies Oklo Inc. …

1 day ago · Stargate, a data center project led by OpenAI’s Sam Altman with support from Donald Trump, SoftBank, and others, has huge ambitions and a shaky foundation.

On November 17, 2023, OpenAI 's board of directors ousted co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman after the board had no confidence in his leadership. The removal was caused by concerns about his handling of artificial intelligence safety, [1][2] and allegations of abusive behavior. [3]

In 2022, OpenAI was a quiet research lab working on something temporarily called “Chat With GPT-3.5”. (We are much better at research than we are at naming things.)

Nov 30, 2023 · Twelve days after OpenAI fired Sam Altman as CEO and Greg Brockman as board chairman, the company formally announced that it has hired them both back.

Jan 23, 2025 · Sam Altman (born April 22, 1985, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) is an American entrepreneur who was president of the start-up accelerator Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019 and chief executive officer (CEO) of the artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI beginning in 2019.

Nov 22, 2023 · Sam Altman is returning to OpenAI after a power struggle over five chaotic days at the world’s leading AI company.

Nov 24, 2023 · OpenAI's board of directors' abruptly firing CEO Sam Altman then bringing him back days later did not come out of nowhere. In fact, the boardroom drama represented the boiling over of...

Nov 22, 2023 · OpenAI said late Tuesday it had reinstated Sam Altman as its chief executive in a stunning reversal that capped five days of drama that rocked the artificial intelligence community. The...

Mar 9, 2024 · OpenAI is reinstating CEO Altman to its board of directors and said it has “full confidence” in his leadership after a law firm concluded an investigation into the turmoil that led the company to abruptly fire and rehire him in November.