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Sam Altman

559 articles stable

Sam Altman has appeared in 559 articles since 2015-03. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 80 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside OpenAI, Altman, Microsoft, Elon Musk.

Articles
559
mentions
Velocity
-5.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.001
velocity change
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91
publications
Bedrock
Microsoft's seven-year exclusive cloud deal with OpenAI ended Monday. On Tuesday, OpenAI's models went live on AWS Bedrock — alongside Anthropic, Mistral, and L...
The Starting Line
On April 18, OpenAI lost three executives in a single day — Kevin Weil, Bill Peebles, Srinivas Narayanan. The same day, Recursive Superintelligence — a four-mon...
Nine Each
On April 17, OpenAI and Anthropic each appeared in nine articles — the first clean tie in a ratio that was 6.5 in 2024. One of OpenAI's nine was the disclosure ...
The Convergence
Anthropic was founded to be the opposite of OpenAI. In Q1 2026, for the first time, the knowledge graph can't tell them apart. Both companies arrived at the sam...
"We've Achieved AGI"
Jensen Huang told Lex Fridman that AGI has been achieved. The same day, OpenAI guaranteed private equity firms a 17.5% minimum return and signed a 5-gigawatt el...

Coverage Timeline

2026-06-08
TechCrunch 10 related

Fusion energy startup Helion raised a $465M Series G led by Thrive Capital at a $15.5B valuation, nearly tripling the valuation from its January 2025 round

Helion, the fusion startup backed by Sam Altman, announced on Thursday that it had raised $465 million in a new funding round that values the company at $15.5 billion.

2026-06-06
Wall Street Journal 4 related

Sources: US officials discussed the US taking stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman pitched the idea in 2025; Altman met Bernie Sanders on Wednesday

just surprise).@jimstewartson:They're trying to guarantee their own survival by giving Trump motivation to bail them out when they need hundreds of billions of dollars. This is some East India Trading...

CNBC 35 related

Source: OpenAI and White House are discussing a government stake in the company, to seed something like the “Public Wealth Fund” that OpenAI outlined earlier

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the White House are in ongoing talks about a possible government stake in the artificial intelligence company, CNBC confirmed on Friday.

2026-06-05
Wall Street Journal 14 related

Sources: US officials discussed the US taking stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman pitched the idea in 2025; Altman met Bernie Sanders on Wednesday

The talks have been with artificial-intelligence leaders such as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who pitched the idea

Newcomer 5 related

Founders Fund launches a TV-style game show featuring A-list founders and investors, such as Sam Altman, Dylan Field, and Palmer Luckey, playing a game of Mafia

NOTUS 4 related

Sources: US officials have held talks with AI companies about the government acquiring shares; Sam Altman first pitched the concept directly to Trump in 2025

Senior U.S. officials have held preliminary discussions with major artificial intelligence companies about the potential …

2026-06-04
Newcomer 2 related

Founders Fund launches a TV-style game show featuring A-list founders and investors, including Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey, playing a game of Mafia

Do people want to watch the likes of Sam Altman, Trae Stephens & Palmer Luckey compete in a party game?  We'll soon find out.  —  ∙ Paid

Bloomberg 4 related

Sam Altman says he has no plans to put money into the 2026 US midterms; OpenAI has tried to distance itself from the Greg Brockman-backed Leading the Future PAC

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman says he has no plans to make any financial contributions toward this year's US elections …

Wired 12 related

Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are among the signatories on a public letter urging improved tracking of synthetic DNA that could be used in AI-developed bioweapons

Politico 22 related

OpenAI diverges from Trump's AI EO in a new policy paper, proposing cyber risk evaluations for advanced AI systems be mandatory and led by CAISI, not the NSA

OpenAI's new proposal comes as its CEO Sam Altman descends on Washington for a series of Wednesday meetings with White House officials …

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Sam Altman has appeared in 470 Techmeme articles since March 2015. The biggest stories include Satya Nadella says Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and OpenAI staff will join Microsoft's new... and Source: OpenAI's board had agreed to resign and let Sam Altman and Greg Brockman return,.... Frequently covered alongside Altman, OpenAI, Elon Musk, Microsoft, and Greg Brockman. Coverage has increasingly focused on consumer themes.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety +7pts; consumer +16pts; regulation -12pts
2024Q3enterprise +7pts; safety -5pts; consumer -25pts
2024Q4enterprise -13pts; safety -6pts; developer +6pts

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