Sam Altman

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 18, 2020 by Gaurav Munjal · said 38 times in 14 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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Feb 18, 2020
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Munjal halted Unacademy work for three hours to read Sam Altman's Playbook
“I remember when we were a ten-member team at an academy, I took 10 printouts of that and I gave it to everyone, and I said, please don't work for the next three hours. We all have to read it, and then we'll do a meeting to discuss the points.”
Gaurav Munjal Feb 18, 2020 ▶ 13:28 @unacademy founder on Building a 3 Billion Edtech Giant ft. Gaurav Munjal
Mar 15, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Ahluwalia: Sam Altman told Indian founders not to attempt competing with OpenAI
“Two years ago, Sam Altman came to India. Rajan and then asked him question, can a startup from India compete with open AI? He said, it's not possible. Don't even attempt it.”
Siddhartha Ahluwalia Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 30:11 $200B in UPI,1.3B Aadhaar Users, 943M on ID Platform: Why More Indians Must Know about DPI
Sep 30, 2025 positive
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Shikhil Sharma: Hard startups attract better talent and face less customer competition
“I agree to this thing Sam Altman's view that build something which is really, really hard. You'll be able to hire great talent which likes working on hard problems. Just because problem is hard when you're actually going selling to customers, there won't be a …”
Shikhil Sharma Sep 30, 2025 ▶ 46:54 How to Build a Startup in 2025? | Shikhil, Co-Founder Astra Security
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