Sam Altman
2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jul 17, 2025 by Mike Maples · said 25 times in 10 episodes since 2023 · across every show →
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2026 14 mentions in 3 episodes 5 per episode
- He built for 2 years before raising a dollar—then hit $13M ARR and a $40M Series B. | Alex Hallid... · PMF Show
- He shut down his last startup and gave the money back—then hit $1M ARR in 6 months. | George, Fou... · PMF Show
- His startup powers OpenAI's Voice Mode. Last month, they became a unicorn. | Russ d’Sa, Co-Founde... · PMF Show
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2025 9 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
- Mike Maples: Your Startup Idea Isn’t Crazy Enough—And it's holding you back | Mike Maples, Founde... · PMF Show
- Adam Neumann Returns, SV Spies, AI Robots Rise | April Startup News w/ Jack Kuveke · PMF Show
- Q2 2025: The new Series A Bar is $3M ARR—& only 20% of seed startups make it. | Peter Walker, Hea... · PMF Show
- May Startup News: Elizabeth Holmes Returns, Billion-Dollar Frauds, & the End of Tech Jobs w/ Jack... · PMF Show
- He invested in 684 AI startups—& realized that quitters always win. | Jack Kuveke, Founder turned... · PMF Show
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2024 1 mention in 1 episode
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Jul 17, 2025 bearish
Maples: Avoided many AI investments due to competitor and OpenAI risks
“For that reason, I haven't made a lot of AI investments. And so I've seen a lot of AI ideas where I'm like, I totally see the inflection. I can totally see why people are going to love this product. I just don't know why there won't be 10 just like it, or I do…”
Apr 27, 2026 positive
Halliday: Sam Altman Convinced Him to Explore LLMs Pre-ChatGPT
“So I was Talking to Sam Altman before ChatGPT was a thing. And I said, like, hey, what's got you excited at the moment? Or some like vague question like that. And he, he's like, the AI stuff's getting really good. And I had no frame of reference for LLMs.”