Biography of Sam Altman - CEO of OpenAI
Sam Altman is a technology entrepreneur, investor and the CEO of OpenAI . He is best known for his work in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Altman was born in 1985 in California, United States. He attended Stanford University where he studied computer science. While at Stanford, Altman became interested in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and he began to focus his studies on these areas. In 2006, Altman co-founded Loopt , a location-based social networking company, with a group of his classmates. The company was one of the first to offer real-time location tracking and was highly successful, eventually being acquired by Green Dot Corporation in 2012. After the sale of Loopt , Altman became an early investor and advisor to several startups, including Airbnb and Instacart . He was also a partner at Y Combinator, a startup accelerator and investment firm. In 2015, Altman co-founded OpenAI with Elon Musk , Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brock...