Sam

3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 29, 2023 by Chamath Palihapitiya · said 4 times in 1 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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E36: New FTC Chair, breaking up big tech, government silent spying, Jon Stewart, wildfires & more Jun 18, 2021 · 4 mentions · from 1:23:52
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Sep 29, 2023 positive

Opinion

Chamath: Sam Altman is tech's closest thing to an emergent mogul

“Sam is the closest thing that we have to an emergent mogul in tech.”

Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 1:06:24 E147: TED goes woke, Canada's Nazi blunder, AI adds vision, plus: who owns OpenAI?

Sep 29, 2023 neutral

Opinion

Sacks: Sam Altman effectively owns 100% of OpenAI via foundation structure

“Not only do I think that Sam really owns open AI through the fig leaf, this foundation, I think he owns a hundred percent of it in the event that the call option is struck.”

David Sacks Sep 29, 2023 ▶ 1:09:23 E147: TED goes woke, Canada's Nazi blunder, AI adds vision, plus: who owns OpenAI?

Aug 21, 2026 positive

Assertion Supported

Sacks: Sam Altman announced OpenAI will slow frontier model releases for safety

“Sam just came out with a post, I believe yesterday, saying that actually they're going to slow down the release of some of their frontier models because they felt that their safety stack was not keeping up with the capability.”

David Sacks Aug 21, 2026 ▶ 18:13 Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up

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