OpenAI
Organization referenced as the early developer of versions of ChatGPT; one of Hinton's students left OpenAI citing safety concerns.
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Videos Mentioning OpenAI
E110: 2023 Bestie Predictions!
All-In Podcast
Friedberg's pick for biggest business winner, poised to have an amazing year due to its generative AI models (DALL-E, ChatGPT), potential for massive Microsoft deals, and ecosystem development.
Ep. 222: Caveman And To-Do Lists, Crafting A Deep Life, And A Novel Approach To Smartphones
Cal Newport
Company where Sam Altman is President.
Why Social Media Will Change Your Life in 2026
GaryVee
A research and development company focused on artificial intelligence, credited with a landscape-changing moment.
Jensen Huang: Nvidia's Future, Physical AI, Rise of the Agent, Inference Explosion, AI PR Crisis
All-In Podcast
A major player in the AI space, mentioned as a significant contributor to the rise of generative AI and a key provider of AI models. Also noted for revenue scaling.
Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
Lex Fridman
Andre Karpathy also worked at OpenAI before joining Tesla, involved in projects like 'World of Bits'.
Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
An AI research and deployment company, mentioned as a leading entity in machine learning, particularly reinforcement learning.
Scott Aaronson: Computational Complexity and Consciousness | Lex Fridman Podcast #130
Lex Fridman
An artificial intelligence research laboratory that developed GPT-3.
Pieter Abbeel: Deep Reinforcement Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #10
Lex Fridman
Associated with Paul Christiana's work on teaching robots through comparative feedback, specifically mentioning the Hopper robot.
Dreamer: the Agent OS for Everyone — David Singleton
Latent Space
A major AI research laboratory. Greg Brockman, mentioned as a speaker at the AI Engineer conference, is from OpenAI.
Elon Musk : How to Build the Future
Y Combinator
Co-founded to help democratize AI technology and minimize the risk of existential harm, structured as a 501c3 nonprofit with a strong sense of mission and urgency.
What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About AI And Jobs
Y Combinator
The company co-founded by Andrej Karpathy, whose insights on AI and job transformation were mentioned.
How Elon Musk Spends His Time
Y Combinator
Elon Musk dedicates a portion of his week to OpenAI, spending approximately half a day there most weeks.
The Next Breakthrough In AI Agents Is Here
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a developer of deep research platforms for AI agents, and as a competitor with its Deep Research product.
How To Get The Most Out Of Vibe Coding | Startup School
Y Combinator
A company developing AI models, mentioned as one of the providers of LLMs that can be switched between for better results.
The Engineering Unlocks Behind DeepSeek | YC Decoded
Y Combinator
A leading AI research company. Its models GPT-4o and GPT-4 are mentioned as benchmarks for DeepSeek's performance. Their approach to model weights and technical reports is contrasted with DeepSeek's.
Stop Innovating (On The Wrong Things)
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a complex corporate structure (non-profit owning for-profit) that is not recommended, and its structure is seen as an 'instruction manual' for potential pitfalls.
How To Use AI In Your Startup
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a provider of AI models whose calls can be integrated into startups, but simply calling them isn't a guarantee of success.
How To Price For B2B | Startup School
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a provider of fees that contribute to a startup's costs, influencing pricing strategy.
Anthropic’s Claude Computer Use Is A Game Changer | YC Decoded
Y Combinator
An AI research lab reportedly releasing its own agent, 'Operator', in the near future.
Why You Shouldn't Copy Your Tech Idols
Y Combinator
A prominent AI research lab co-founded by Sam Altman. Mentioned as a significant later venture for Altman, contrasting with his earlier, more conventional startup experiences.
Will OpenAI Kill All Startups?
Y Combinator
A company focused on building AGI, which the speakers believe is not aiming to kill all startups but rather to create enabling technology.
Transformers Explained: The Discovery That Changed AI Forever
Y Combinator
The company that developed the GPT series of models, which utilize the decoder-only part of the transformer architecture for auto-regressive modeling.
GPT-4.5 = Big Model Energy | YC Decoded
Y Combinator
The artificial intelligence research laboratory that developed GPT-4.5.
OpenAI vs. Deepseek vs. Qwen: Comparing Open Source LLM Architectures
Y Combinator
The AI research lab that developed GPT OSS, a new open weights model.