Posted 10/8/2023, 8:28:33 AM
Sam Altman: The Young Tech Entrepreneur Who Sold His Startup for Millions, Led Y Combinator's Growth, and Co-Founded OpenAI
- Co-founded location-based social app Loopt while at Stanford, sold it for $43.4 million before age 30
- Became president of startup accelerator Y Combinator at age 25, helped grow it significantly
- Has invested in and mentored over 100 startups, including Airbnb, Reddit, Coinbase
- Co-founded OpenAI in 2015 with Elon Musk to develop beneficial AI aligned with human values
- Secured $1 billion investment from Microsoft in 2019 to support OpenAI's cloud computing needs
