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Ilya Sutskever

5 statements across 1 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 22, 2026 by Greg Brockman · said 16 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Apr 22, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Brockman: OpenAI's initial planned core team included Dario Amodei and Chris Olah
“Initially, the set of people that I narrowed down to were actually Ilya, Dario, Amidai, Chris Ola, and myself. That was going to be the team.”
Greg Brockman Apr 22, 2026 ▶ 2:40 Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
Apr 22, 2026 negative
Disclosure
Brockman: Sutskever leaving was the only time I considered quitting OpenAI
“And honestly, just one of the hardest moments for me at OpenAI was when Ilya left. And it was maybe the only moment in OpenAI's history where I felt like I didn't want to do it anymore.”
Greg Brockman Apr 22, 2026 ▶ 23:40 Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
Apr 22, 2026 positive
Insight
Brockman: Building true value requires enduring suffering
“Ilya always says that you have to suffer, right? If you're not suffering, like you're not building value. And I think there's deep truth to it.”
Greg Brockman Apr 22, 2026 ▶ 28:24 Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
Apr 22, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Brockman: Elon, Sam, Ilya, and I Agreed OpenAI Needed For-Profit Structure
“Elon, Sam, Ilya, and I all agreed. That the only path forward for OpenAI, the only path to achieve the mission, was to create a for-profit entity associated with OpenAI of some form. And so we were committed to that direction, and that is something that we kne…”
Greg Brockman Apr 22, 2026 ▶ 5:48 Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
Apr 22, 2026 positive
Assertion Supported
Brockman: Ilya Sutskever officiated his civil wedding ceremony
“You'd been the officiant at my civil ceremony, right?”
Greg Brockman Apr 22, 2026 ▶ 21:29 Ai Goes Parabolic | OpenAI Co-Founder Greg Brockman
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