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Sam Altman

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559 articles decelerating

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

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559
mentions
Velocity
-80.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.751
velocity change
Sources
89
publications
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...
The Backers
A leaked memo shows Dario Amodei called OpenAI's DOD deal "safety theater." The same day, some of Anthropic's own investors pushed the company to back down. Six...
The Red Lines
On the day OpenAI closed $110 billion at a $730 billion valuation, Sam Altman told staff the company shares Anthropic's "red lines" on military AI — while pursu...
Thirteen Percent
IBM lost 13.15% of its market value because Anthropic published a blog post about COBOL. On the same day, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan reported that AI contribute...

Coverage Timeline

2025-09-05
Wall Street Journal 58 related

At a White House dinner, tech CEOs thanked Trump for promoting chip and AI investments, while Trump promised an easy energy permitting process for data centers

Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Sam Altman salute president's leadership on innovation as industry seeks his favor

2025-05-09
Washington Post 17 related

Senate hearing: Sam Altman says that requiring government approval to release AI would be “disastrous” for the US' lead in AI, a reversal from his 2023 comments

Washington Post :

2025-01-27
Reuters 5 related

Brazil's data protection authority ruled that Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman, must stop offering compensation for iris scans in the country

2024-12-07
Politico 2 related

How the UK came to play a key role in global AI regulation, after Sam Altman played a deepfake of Rishi Sunak's voice on a February 2023 call with the then PM

LONDON — In February 2023 Sam Altman dialed into a video call with Britain's then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

2024-02-16
Bloomberg 4 related

Sources: Sam Altman is working to get US approval for his chip project, as involving the UAE and others risks raising national security and antitrust concerns

- Middle East investors, factories may prompt security concerns  — Potential new company could trigger antitrust review

2024-01-09
Bloomberg 12 related

The EU begins investigating whether Microsoft's OpenAI investment should be vetted under its rules, and asks for feedback on generative AI and virtual worlds

- EU watchdog follows UK regulator in weighing a probe  — Move comes after furore over firing and rehiring of Sam Altman

2023-12-09
Bloomberg 49 related

The UK CMA is considering an antitrust investigation into Microsoft and OpenAI's partnership, and is taking comments until January 3 before making a decision

Update Paul Thurrott / Thurrott : UK CMA and US FTC Are Investigating Microsoft's Partnership with OpenAI (UPDATED) Devesh Beri / MSPoweruser : Microsoft's investment in OpenAI faces antitrust scrutin...

2023-06-25
Bloomberg 8 related

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says he and Mark Zuckerberg are “aligned” on the EU's regulation of AI; Sam Altman says he also agrees with the EU's approach

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg :

2023-06-24
Bloomberg 4 related

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton says he and Mark Zuckerberg are “aligned” on the EU's regulation of AI; Sam Altman says he also agrees with the EU's approach

Technology company executives Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman expressed support for government oversight of artificial intelligence …

2023-06-22
Politico 4 related

EU Commissioner Thierry Breton starts a two-day California trip to push DSA in meetings with Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, and others

Thierry Breton flies to US to warn Twitter's Elon Musk and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg to fall in line with EU law.

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Sam Altman has appeared in 429 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, Microsoft, OpenAI, Elon Musk, and Sam. Coverage has shifted toward consumer, developer themes and away from competition.

Key Moments

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

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