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Sam Altman | Profile
Profile at a glance
Sam Altman is co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. Y Combinator’s public author biography says he was YC president from 2014 to 2019 and studied computer science at Stanford, where he worked in the AI lab; the source does not state whether he earned a degree.
Source verification date: · Current OpenAI role and founding history follow OpenAI’s official profile. The YC role and Stanford study history follow Y Combinator’s official author biography. No degree or graduation date is inferred.
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Experience
His public career includes leadership at a startup accelerator and the founding and leadership of an AI company. The YC source confirms a computer science course of study at Stanford but does not state a completed degree.
Career and roles
- OpenAI · Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Current role (as reported in the cited source)
- Y Combinator · President
2014–2019 · Y Combinator’s official author biography records this role.
Education
- Stanford University
Studied computer science; degree not stated in the source.
Public record
- Co-founded OpenAI in 2015, initially as a nonprofit research lab, according to OpenAI’s official profile.
Sources
- 1. Sam Altman on Building the Future of AI · OpenAI Forum
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI. Sam was president of the early-stage startup accelerator Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019. In 2015, Sam co-founded OpenAI as a nonprofit research lab.
- 2. The YC Board of Overseers · Y Combinator
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI. He was the president of YC from 2014-2019. He studied computer science at Stanford, and while there, worked in the AI lab.