Hackernews posts about Sam Altman

Sam Altman is the former CEO of OpenAI and a member of its board who has left the organization to join Microsoft, amidst controversy surrounding his departure and subsequent lawsuit filed by Elon Musk.

1. Sam Altman says lack of compute is delaying the company's products (techcrunch.com)
   43 points by mfiguiere 21 days ago | 14 comments
2. How to Build the Future: Sam Altman [video] (www.youtube.com)
   8 points by tosh 11 days ago | discuss
3. Sam Altman: How to Build the Future [video] (www.youtube.com)
   5 points by arihantparsoya 13 days ago | discuss
4. Sam Altman will co-chair SF mayor-elect Daniel Lurie's transition team (techcrunch.com)
   4 points by 1986 3 days ago | 1 comments
5. Sam Altman tapped for San Francisco Mayor-elect transition team (sfstandard.com)
   4 points by galleywest200 3 days ago | 1 comments
6. Tony Fadell took a shot at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman "I'm not just spouting shit" (twitter.com)
   4 points by paulpan 21 days ago | discuss
7. AMA with OpenAI's Sam Altman, Kevin Weil, Srinivas Narayanan, and Mark Chen (old.reddit.com)
   3 points by georgehill 21 days ago | discuss
8. Sam Altman on AI governance, ethics, and innovation [video] (www.youtube.com)
   1 points by neom about 9 hours ago | discuss
9. OpenAI spent $10M on chat.com URL (www.theverge.com)
   46 points by segasaturn 14 days ago | 30 comments
10. OpenAI is transitioning to a for-profit business (www.vox.com)
    4 points by lr0 24 days ago | 1 comments
11. What I heard from Trump supporters (2017) (blog.samaltman.com)
    3 points by surprisetalk 13 days ago | 12 comments
12. Elon Musk's messy breakup with OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
    2 points by rntn 2 days ago | discuss
13. OpenAI's multibillion-dollar gambit to become a for-profit company (www.vox.com)
    1 points by pabo 21 days ago | discuss
14. OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman (openai.com)
    5710 points by davidbarker about 1 year ago | 2531 comments
15. Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft (twitter.com)
    1738 points by JimDabell about 1 year ago | 1311 comments
16. Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI [pdf] (www.courthousenews.com)
    1462 points by modeless 9 months ago | 1208 comments
17. OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
    1243 points by medler about 1 year ago | 1611 comments
18. Before OpenAI, Sam Altman was fired from Y Combinator by his mentor (www.washingtonpost.com)
    1011 points by CartyBoston 12 months ago | 746 comments
19. Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI (www.reuters.com)
    914 points by vforgione over 1 year ago | 1214 comments
20. Ex-OpenAI board member reveals what led to Sam Altman's brief ousting (www.businessinsider.com)
    785 points by blackmanta 6 months ago | 805 comments
21. Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board (openai.com)
    708 points by davidbarker 12 months ago | 728 comments
22. It's Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word (www.theatlantic.com)
    703 points by redwoolf about 2 months ago | 576 comments
23. Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam Altman (www.axios.com)
    697 points by aaronds about 1 year ago | 247 comments
24. OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired (www.businessinsider.com)
    655 points by meitros about 1 year ago | 909 comments
25. Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO (www.theverge.com)
    625 points by mfiguiere about 1 year ago | 920 comments
26. Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI (arstechnica.com)
    581 points by jncraton about 1 year ago | 722 comments
27. TSMC execs allegedly dismissed OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as 'podcasting bro' (www.tomshardware.com)
    485 points by WithinReason about 2 months ago | 559 comments
28. OpenAI to remove non-profit control and give Sam Altman equity (www.reuters.com)
    410 points by award_ about 2 months ago | 63 comments
29. Sam Altman is showing us who he really is (slate.com)
    393 points by panarky 6 months ago | 456 comments
30. OpenAI removes Sam Altman's ownership of its Startup Fund (www.reuters.com)
    340 points by mfiguiere 8 months ago | 45 comments
31. The Contradictions of Sam Altman (www.wsj.com)
    338 points by mfiguiere over 1 year ago | 541 comments
32. Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair? (www.bizjournals.com)
    285 points by apsec112 5 months ago | 168 comments
33. OpenAI's plans according to Sam Altman removed at OpenAI's request (humanloop.com)
    262 points by bluefishinit over 1 year ago | 173 comments
34. Sam Altman's knack for dodging bullets with a little help from bigshot friends (www.wsj.com)
    259 points by himaraya 11 months ago | 182 comments
35. Sam Altman owns OpenAI's venture capital fund (www.axios.com)
    253 points by choppaface 9 months ago | 82 comments
36. OpenAI Committed to Buying $51M of AI Chips from a Startup Backed by Sam Altman (www.wired.com)
    252 points by gslin 12 months ago | 230 comments
37. Ask HN: How did Sam Altman fail upward so well?
    245 points by VirusNewbie almost 2 years ago | 118 comments
38. Sam Altman, OpenAI board open talks to negotiate his possible return (bloomberg.com)
    242 points by YetAnotherNick 12 months ago | 242 comments
39. Sam Altman: OpenAI is not training GPT-5 and "won't for some time" (twitter.com)
    226 points by ftxbro over 1 year ago | 266 comments
40. Sam Altman: Long con was "child's play for me" (old.reddit.com)
    226 points by upwardbound about 2 months ago | 75 comments
41. Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman (www.cnbc.com)
    205 points by hggh 5 months ago | 233 comments
42. Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman (www.theverge.com)
    200 points by pookieinc 6 months ago | 2 comments
43. Kenya suspends Sam Altman’s eyeball-scanning crypto project (www.theverge.com)
    193 points by Analemma_ over 1 year ago | 103 comments