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Sam Altman

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Apr 9, 2014 by Jessica Livingston · said 11 times in 7 episodes since 2014 · across every show →

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brought up most by Garry Tan (3), Andrew Warner (3), Anirudh Singla (2), Pat Walls (1), Ben Tossell (1), Ben Cera (1)

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Everything said about Sam Altman, oldest first

Apr 9, 2014 positive
Disclosure
Livingston remains fully engaged at Y Combinator as Sam Altman assumes leadership
“Ah, a lot of people ask me that, even though my name was not in the announcement as taking a step back. But no, I'm just as engaged as I've always been, and in fact, ah, with Sam on board doing a lot of the administrative things that I Used to do. I'm excited …”
Jessica Livingston Apr 9, 2014 ▶ 33:56 #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration
Oct 17, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Tan: OpenAI Was Spun Out of YC Research by Sam Altman
“OpenAI itself was a spin-out from YC research by, ah, Sam Altman.”
Garry Tan Oct 17, 2025 ▶ 5:20 #2281 Garry Tan: Y Combinator Startups Growing 5X Faster – Here’s What Changed
Nov 17, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Singla: Greg Brockman replied to cold email in under an hour
“I primarily called email Greg Brockman, who's a co-founder and president, and I cc'd Sam Altman, and I got a reply from Greg in less than an hour from sending an email when they probably had less than 50 users for GBT-free.”
Anirudh Singla Nov 17, 2025 ▶ 32:59 #2286 Pepper: AI + people = > $10 million
Jan 23, 2026 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Walls: Sam Altman said polite user prompts cost billions
“I think that Sam Altman one time said that even if you add a nice little thing at the end, it costs them all this. They're spending billions just because people are being nice.”
Pat Walls Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 27:46 #2294 He Claude Code: Build Me a YouTube Replacement
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