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Sam

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100 articles stable

Sam has appeared in 100 articles since 2016-06. Coverage peaked in 2023Q4 with 14 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside FTX, Alameda, Sam Altman, SBF.

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Acceleration
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Sources
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publications

Coverage Timeline

2026-01-15
@fidjissimo 3 related

Fidji Simo says Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz have returned to OpenAI from Thinking Machines Lab and “this has been in the works for several weeks”

Excited to welcome Barret Zoph, Luke Metz, and Sam Schoenholz back to OpenAI! This has been in the works for several weeks, and we're thrilled to have them join the team. Barret will report to me; Luk...

2025-07-02
Wired 12 related

In a memo to OpenAI researchers, Sam Altman said “missionaries will beat mercenaries” and “there is much, much more upside to OpenAI stock than Meta stock”

neither will Meta's $100 million raid on the firm's top AI talent Rocket Drew / The Information : Sam Altman Calls Meta Recruiting Efforts ‘Distasteful’ Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly / Observer : Here A...

2025-05-22
OpenAI 29 related

In a video and a letter signed “Sam & Jony”, Altman and Ive say io, founded in 2024 by Ive, Scott Cannon, Evans Hankey, and Tang Tan will develop new products

Update!  It's this:  —  openai.com/sam-and-jony/ Emma Jacobs / @emmavj : Your dad introducing his new partner  —  openai.com/sam-and-jony/ Kate Knibbs / @knibbs : but what are they actually making????...

2025-05-08
OpenAI 36 related

OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as CEO of Applications, reporting to Sam Altman, who says he will remain CEO and focus on research, compute, and safety

Sam shared this message with the company earlier today:  —  Hi everyone - I have some exciting news to share.

2024-11-16
Bloomberg 5 related

One year after Sam Altman was dramatically ousted and reinstated, OpenAI remains dominant as it continues to push ahead on impressive new products

There can only be one.  —  And the more founders that leave, the more powerful Sam gets.  —  [image]

2024-09-28
Wall Street Journal 17 related

Current and former staff say OpenAI has rushed product announcements and safety testing, lost its lead over rivals, and Altman is detached from the day-to-day

now it's just another tech company Ananya Gairola / Benzinga : OpenAI Execs Feared ChatGPT-Parent Would Collapse After Departure Of Ilya Sutskever, Tried To Woo Him Back And Almost Succeeded: Report S...

2024-05-31
TechCrunch 7 related

On X, Paul Graham says claims about YC firing Sam Altman are “not true”, and Altman left because he wanted to work full-time on OpenAI as its CEO

As OpenAI Chief Faces Criticism From Ex-Board Member X: Paul Graham / @paulg : I got tired of hearing that YC fired Sam, so here's what actually happened: [image] Jacques / @jacquesthibs : @paulg Hey ...

2024-05-19
Wired 18 related

OpenAI's entire Superalignment team, which was focused on the existential dangers of AI, has either resigned or been absorbed into other research groups

Company insiders explain why safety-conscious employees are leaving. https://www.vox.com/... vs #ai #openai X: Sam Altman / @sama : i'm super appreciative of @janleike's contributions to openai's alig...

2024-02-23
The Hollywood Reporter 9 related

S-1: Sam Altman has an 8.7% stake in Reddit, making him the third-largest shareholder, behind Advance Magazine Publishers, with 30.1%, and Tencent, with 11%

This makes him the third-largest shareholder in Reddit, behind Advance (30 percent) and Chinese tech company Tencent (11 percent). … X: Alexei Oreskovic / @lexnfx : Sam Altman is set to be one of bigg...

2023-11-22
Washington Post 1 related

Sources: in 2019, Paul Graham flew from the UK to San Francisco to fire his protégé Sam Altman from YC, worried that Altman put his interests ahead of YC

Before OpenAI, Altman was asked to leave by his mentor at the prominent start-up incubator Y Combinator … X: @cher0x801 , @bigmeaninternet , @deljohnsonvc , @josh_wills , @itsurboyevan , @itsurboyevan...

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Sam has appeared in 599 Techmeme articles since March 2015, making it one of the most-covered entities in the archive. 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 Sam Altman, Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, Altman, and Microsoft. Coverage has shifted toward developer, consumer themes and away from regulation.

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2024Q2safety +7pts; consumer +10pts; regulation -21pts
2024Q3enterprise +8pts; safety -6pts; consumer -15pts
2024Q4research +10pts; competition +24pts

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