Sam Altman

6 statements across 6 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 26, 2024 by Matt Turck · said 41 times in 12 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Apr 26, 2024 positive
Opinion
Turck calls Sam Altman the Steve Jobs of this generation
“It seems that Sam Altman, who's you know, the Steve Jobs of our generation, we're actually joking the, you know, Steve Jobs of the TikTok generation when you know, unlike Steve Jobs who was fired and came back years later, like he left and came back within a, …”
Matt Turck Apr 26, 2024 ▶ 18:23 Navigating the AI Landscape: A Survival Guide | 2024 MAD Landscape with Matt Turck and Aman Kabeer
Oct 10, 2024
Assertion Supported
Turck: Socher published 'The Age of AI' weeks before Altman's manifesto
“You wrote recently a blog post that you called the age of AI. And I have to say that was like, At least four weeks before Sam Altman published his own manifesto on the intelligence age.”
Matt Turck Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 1:52 AGI, The Future of AI Agents And The Next Wave of Opportunities in AI | Richard Socher, CEO, You.com
Nov 8, 2024 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sam Altman asserts that AI scaling laws will absolutely continue
“I got a chance to ask that question to Sam Altman a few weeks ago. I was at an event at an event at OpenAI. Not surprisingly, when I asked him, you know, will scaling laws continue, he looked me straight in the eye and said, absolutely”
Matt Turck Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 21:57 Superintelligence, Bubbles And Big Bets: AI Investing in 2024 | Matt Turck & Aman Kabeer, FirstMark
May 22, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Evans: Sam Altman's role is mostly fundraising, politics, and promotion
“Like a lot of Sam Altman's role at the moment, it's like you could split his role into capital raising, politics, like internal tech politics and promotion.”
Benedict Evans May 22, 2025 ▶ 23:48 AI Eats the World: Benedict Evans on What Really Matters Now
Feb 19, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Zeghidour: Voice will be the primary interface for next-gen AI hardware
“In my perception, all the new hardware companies have voice at the heart of the product. All the prototypes that we see, whether it's glasses or pendants or, you know, like the new stuff that Johnny Hive and Sam Altman are working on. Voice is at the heart of …”
Neil Zeghidour Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 10:30 Voice AI’s Big Moment: Top Researcher on Why Everything Is Changing (Neil Zeghidour, Gradium AI)
Mar 19, 2026 bearish
Opinion
Evans: OpenAI has commodity tech and no differentiation but massive mindshare
“If you're Sam Altman, you've got a commodity technology. You've got, you're competing with people who have giant legacy cash flows. You don't have your own infrastructure. Don't really have any differentiation, but you've got massive mindshare.”
Benedict Evans Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 39:14 Benedict Evans: OpenAI’s Moat Problem & the Future of Software
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