Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI – a revolutionary artificial intelligence research lab that wants to ensure that AI is beneficial to humanity. Sam’s recent investment in Helion, a fusion research company, and his role as the co-founder of Hydrazine Capital, his venture capital fund, substantiates him being featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Venture Capital. Sam is now available to book for a wide range of events as a speaker where he will share his views on artificial general intelligence, entrepreneurship and technology.
While Sam gained incredible recognition after the launch of OpenAI’s products like ChatGPT, GPT-4 and DALL.E2 took the world by a storm, he has been in the business for a long time. His interest in electronics stemmed from a childhood incident of taking apart his first computer at the age of 8. From there to being named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World by TIME Magazine, Sam’s life trajectory is phenomenal.
After two years of studying Computer Science at Stanford University, Sam decided to fully focus his efforts on his role as Co-Founder of Loopt. Sam and his team made the executive decision to sell Loopt to Green Dot for $43 million seeing as it was not yielding profits congruent to their expectations. In 2014, he assumed the role of President of Y Combinator through which he was involved in the nascent stages of companies like DoorDash, Airbnb and Coinbase. He left this role after five years to focus on OpenAI but stayed on as its chairman.
Known as one of Business Week’s best young entrepreneurs, he has been able to secure investments for OpenAI from Microsoft – a commendable achievement. Sam’s hope is that AI doesn’t wipe out humanity, reiterating that AGI’s successful creation means that humanity will be elevated. He suggests that stopping AGI’s development won’t reduce the risks it brings, but figuring out how to get it right is our best bet. Sam Altman can now be booked for a wide range of events as a speaker, proving his dominance as an industry leader in artificial intelligence. Book him today!
