Sam Altman

7 statements across 6 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Mar 8, 2024 by David Weisburd · said 114 times in 25 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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2025 68 mentions in 16 episodes 4 per episode
2024 7 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

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Mar 8, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Weisburd: 10X Capital invested very early in Sam Altman's Worldcoin
“We're very proud to be in the first round, I believe, or very early in WorldCoin, one of his other AI companies.”
David Weisburd Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 18:23 David Weisburd, 10X Capital: Finding Alpha and LP Bias · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Aug 27, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Agrawal: OpenAI is anti-fragile and has become faster over time
“The single word to define them is anti-fragile. I've seen this for years now. Remember the time that the blip happened when Sam was for a hot second, not at OpenAI, and it felt like, oh, what's going to happen to this org? You know, this is obviously a pretty …”
Apoorv Agrawal Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 24:46 Understanding OpenAI’s $500B Valuation · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Sep 4, 2025 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Sep 2028
Cohen: Jony Ive and Sam Altman will announce AI glasses
“I think it's gonna be a pair of glasses. I think, like, that's the only form function that my, again, like, Johnny genuinely, like, understands the future, I think, of, god, I'm, like, going into acting mode, but, like, he genuinely understands the like, hardw…”
Alex Cohen Sep 4, 2025 ▶ 53:03 Meme Lord CEO Raises $22.5M Series A for Hello Patient · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Dec 27, 2025 positive
Opinion
Mignano: OpenAI differentiates via Sam Altman's ruthless execution and speed
“I think the difference of what we're seeing here is kind of the ambition of Sam Altman and the speed and the kind of ruthlessness, and that's a compliment to which his organization can move and can move fast.”
Michael Mignano Dec 27, 2025 ▶ 8:14 Why Lightspeed Bet on xAI, Neuralink, Suno, Granola, & Pika | Michael Mignano · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Dec 27, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Mignano: Sam Altman hinted at compensating creators for name and likeness
“Sam actually even hinted to this in his blog post, sort of hinted that there's going to be a new model where they're compensating creators for their likeness, their name and likeness.”
Michael Mignano Dec 27, 2025 ▶ 26:08 Why Lightspeed Bet on xAI, Neuralink, Suno, Granola, & Pika | Michael Mignano · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Feb 11, 2026 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Paul: Sam Altman runs ultra-productive 15-minute meetings with zero wasted time
“No waste of time. 15 minutes. He was hella productive. And then we'll go to the next meeting. And I think a lot of people just sit around and We'll do hour long meetings or calls and just waste time.”
Jake Paul Feb 11, 2026 ▶ 36:00 Inside Jake Paul’s Empire: $200M Boxing Earnings to $65M+ Tech Investing · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
Feb 16, 2026
Disclosure
Blania: Merge Labs co-founded by Sam Altman, Mikhail Shapiro, and others
“So it's kind of three camps coming together. So that's kind of how it happened. It was Sam, Sandra, and me three of us are not working together since many years on Tulsa for Humanity and on other things. Then it's Mikael Shapiro who's a professor at Caltech an…”
Alex Blania Feb 16, 2026 ▶ 33:18 99.9% of the internet is about to be AI? · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
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