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Sam Altmanby Sam Altman10 Apr 2026
Here is a photo of my family. I love them more than anything. Images have power, I hope. Normally we try to be pretty private, but in this case I am sharing a photo in the hopes that it might...
Sam Altman
blog.samaltman.comadded August 2026
75%Sora update #1
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman4 Oct 2025
We have been learning quickly from how people are using Sora and taking feedback from users, rightsholders, and other interested groups.
Sora 2
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman30 Sept 2025
We are launching a new app called Sora. This is a combination of a new model called Sora 2, and a new product that makes it easy to create, share, and view videos.
Abundant Intelligence
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman23 Sept 2025
As AI gets smarter, access to AI will be a fundamental driver of the economy, and maybe eventually something we consider a fundamental human right.
Jakub and Szymon
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman9 Sept 2025
There are two people I'd like to mention that OpenAI would not be OpenAI without: Jakub Pachocki and Szymon Sidor.
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The Gentle Singularity
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman10 Jun 2025
We are past the event horizon; the takeoff has started. Humanity is close to building digital superintelligence, and at least so far it’s much less weird than it seems like it should be.
Three Observations
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman9 Feb 2025
Our mission is to ensure that AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) benefits all of humanity. Systems that start to point to AGI* are coming into view, and so we think it’s important to understand...
Reflections
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman6 Jan 2025
The second birthday of ChatGPT was only a little over a month ago, and now we have transitioned into the next paradigm of models that can do complex reasoning.
GPT-4o
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman13 May 2024
There are two things from our announcement today I wanted to highlight. First, a key part of our mission is to put very capable AI tools in the hands of people for free (or at a great price).
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What I Wish Someone Had Told Me
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman21 Dec 2023
- Optimism, obsession, self-belief, raw horsepower and personal connections are how things get started.
Helion Needs You
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman13 Jul 2022
Helion has been progressing even faster than I expected and is on pace in 2024 to 1) demonstrate Q > 1 fusion and 2) resolve all questions needed to design a mass-producible fusion generator.
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DALL•E 2
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman6 Apr 2022
Today we did a research launch of DALL•E 2, a new AI tool that can create and edit images from natural language instructions. Most importantly, we hope people love the tool and find it useful.
Helion
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman5 Nov 2021
I’m delighted to be investing more in Helion. Helion is by far the most promising approach to fusion I’ve seen.
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The Strength of Being Misunderstood
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman1 Dec 2020
A founder recently asked me how to stop caring what other people think. I didn’t have an answer, and after reflecting on it more, I think it's the wrong question.
PG and Jessica
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman25 Sept 2020
A lot of people want to replicate YC in some other industry or some other place or with some other strategy.
Researchers and Founders
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman19 Jun 2020
I spent many years working with founders and now I work with researchers. Although there are always individual exceptions, on average it’s surprising to me how different the best people in these...
Project Covalence
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman16 Jun 2020
Almost every company and non-profit working on COVID-19 that I offered to help asked for support with clinical trials—for companies focusing on developing novel drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics...
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Idea Generation
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman28 May 2020
The most common question prospective startup founders ask is how to get ideas for startups. The second most common question is if you have any ideas for their startup.
Please Fund More Science
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman30 Mar 2020
Experts on the COVID-19 pandemic seem to think there are three ways out—that is, for life, health, and the economy to return roughly to normal.
Funding for COVID-19 Projects
Sam Altmanby Sam Altman15 Mar 2020
I’m trying to fund startups/projects helping with COVID-19, because it’s basically the one thing I know how to do that can help.
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