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Sam Altman
OpenAI co-founder; referenced in discussions about AI safety and leadership in the field.
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Will AI Destroy the Economy? (According to Economists: No.) | AI Reality Check | Cal Newport
Cal Newport
CEO of OpenAI, who mentioned a bet among tech CEOs about when a billion-dollar company would be staffed by just one person.

AI News: The Biggest Leap We've Seen This Year!
Matt Wolfe
CEO of OpenAI, mentioned in an image generated by ChatGPT Images 2.0 alongside other tech leaders and in a quote about Anthropic's marketing strategy.

GTA 6 Goldrush, TBPN's $100M OpenAI Deal, The OG Clickbait King Who Burned $4B/Year
My First Million
Co-founder of OpenAI, mentioned in the context of public perception issues and criticism regarding AI.

The Uber Eats to OnlyFans Pipeline
Chris Williamson
CEO of OpenAI, whose house was attacked with a Molotov cocktail, cited as a modern example of 'Luddite' resistance to AI.

Scott Galloway: AI Wasn’t Built For You. The Rich Don’t Need You Anymore!
The Diary Of A CEO
CEO of OpenAI, criticized for his 'dark side' views on AI, his blog post discussing a dystopian future, and for general 'catastrophizing' to justify valuations.

OpenAI Misses Targets, Codex vs Claude, Elon vs Sam Trial, Big Hyperscaler Beats, Peptide Craze
All-In Podcast
CEO of OpenAI, discussed in the context of wanting to move faster towards IPO and potential conflict with CFO Sarah Frier.

Professor Jiang: World War 3 Has Already Begun, Let Me Explain!
The Diary Of A CEO
CEO of OpenAI, mentioned as one of the tech leaders seeking to control people's imagination.

Game Theory #24: The AI Apocalypse
Predictive History
The current leader of OpenAI. He is presented as someone who advocates for AI as a religion and seeks to expand its influence, potentially into areas like AI sex robots, to increase user engagement and consolidate power.

Harvey CEO: How a 31-year old Runs an $11B Company
The Knowledge Project Podcast
The CEO of OpenAI (at the time) who was emailed by the Harvey founders with their GPT-3 legal research findings.

Is AI About to “Eat Everything”? (It’s Not.)
Cal Newport
A prominent figure in the AI industry, called upon to separate AI company messaging from extreme communities like transhumanists and existential risk proponents.

Is the AI Doom Fever Breaking? (It’s About Time!)
Cal Newport
CEO of OpenAI, who discussed the need for human agency and ownership shares in AI creations in a world where AI does everything.

Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Scott Nolan from General Matter on Energy Bottlenecks
Stanford Online
CEO of OpenAI, who testified to the Senate about energy costs being a bottleneck for AI.

Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | Ben Horowitz from a16z on Venture Capital Systems, Network Effects
Stanford Online
Co-founder of OpenAI along with Elon Musk. Mentioned in relation to the early days of OpenAI and Elon Musk's feelings about its direction.

Trump-Xi Summit, Benioff: "Not My First SaaSpocalypse," OpenAI vs Apple, Multi-Sensory AI, El Niño
All-In Podcast
CEO of OpenAI, discussed in relation to the company's projects (Grok, Sora) and the lawsuit against Apple.

Something Very Strange Is Happening at the Top - Eric Weinstein (4K)
Chris Williamson
Friend of Eric Weinstein, who he believes is 'deeply concerned with Humanity' and may be taking Machiavellian actions for humanity's good, asked Eric for a proposal.

Why we’re at the beginning of the AI hardware boom | Caitlin Kalinowski (ex–OpenAI, Meta, Apple)
Lenny's Podcast
Described as a leader who consistently asks 'why not more?' pushing for 100x or 10,000x thinking, encouraging larger ambitions in projects.

Game Theory #26: The Holy Empire of AI
Predictive History
CEO of OpenAI and mentee of Peter Thiel, mentioned for his views on founders having missions akin to religion and for seeing no difference between training AI and humans, viewing them as energy to be exploited.

Two Rival Bets on AGI: Google I/O Highlights
AI Explained
Co-founder of OpenAI. Mentioned in relation to Sora's initial positioning as a stepping stone to AGI.

Stanford CS153 Frontier Systems | The AI Native Company: How One Founder Becomes a 1000x Engineer
Stanford Online
Former CEO of YC, who put together a version of the startup class that inspired CS 153.

AI Dev 26 x SF | Paul Everitt: The Shift to Agentic Engineering
DeepLearningAI
Introduced the concept of 'AI washing' and is seen as a counter-example to the idea that jobs are solely being eliminated, suggesting job creation might be occurring.

Stanford MS&E435 Economics of the AI Supercycle | Spring 2026 | Enterprise Internal Knowledge
Stanford Online
Mentioned for his support of young entrepreneurs and his role in connecting Yash Bottle to OpenAI.

The New Way Of The Superior Man - David Deida (1st interview in a decade)
Chris Williamson
Mentioned as the coach of Joe Hudson, who is also the coach of the speaker.

Stanford MS&E435 Economics of the AI Supercycle | Spring 2026 | Infrastructure, Capstone Case
Stanford Online
Mentioned in relation to OpenAI's vision of widespread GPU access, suggesting that every person should have a GPU, similar to mobile phones.

EMERGENCY DEBATE: They Are Lying To Us About AI, The Iran War & What Happens Next!
The Diary Of A CEO
CEO co-founder of OpenAI, predicted AI will replace most jobs and that UBI schemes will be necessary.