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Sam Altman

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 20, 2025 by Ben Mann · said 55 times in 18 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Jul 20, 2025 negative
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Mann: Sam Altman managed OpenAI across safety, research, and startup tribes
“One weird thing about OpenAI is that while I was there, Sam talked about having three tribes that needed to be kept in check with each other, which was the safety tribe, the research tribe, and the startup tribe.”
Ben Mann Jul 20, 2025 ▶ 24:58 Anthropic co-founder: AGI predictions, leaving OpenAI, what keeps him up at night | Ben Mann
Mar 8, 2026 neutral
Disclosure
Younis: I asked Sam Altman to delay announcing my YC COO role for a year
“Even like at YC when I became a COO, I told Sam, Sam Altman was a president and I told Sam let's not announce this for like a year because you know, if the partners don't want me to be COO, it's not a successful thing. I, you know, I don't have the pressure of…”
Qasar Younis Mar 8, 2026 ▶ 49:23 The real AI revolution isn’t software. It’s farms, mines, and trucks. | Qasar Younis
Sep 6, 2026 neutral
Insight
The ideal consumer AI interface sits somewhere between chat and TikTok
“Chat makes sense if you're the highest agency person in the world, which is Elon and Sam. But for the average consumer, like their ideal interface is TikTok. So we need to find something between chat and TikTok.”
Anish Acharya Sep 6, 2026 ▶ 35:28 Why companies are becoming a series of loops | Anish Acharya (a16z)
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