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Did Sam Altman earn all his money from investments? Did he have any successful startup?
by ilrwbwrkhv 5y ago
Did Sam Altman earn all his money from investments? Did he have any successful startup?
- vincentmarle 5y ago> Did he have any successful startup? He did not.
- notatoad 5y agodepends what you mean by "successful". loopt was fairly successful at collecting money from VC firms.
- smt88 5y agoAltman failed upward from Loopt[1], ending up running YCombinator somehow. Maybe Paul Graham just really likes him. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loopt
- ilrwbwrkhv 5y agoHe is incredibly smart though which is clear from his talks and his writings. I don't mean to disparage him in any way. I was merely curious.
- ksec 5y ago>He is incredibly smart though which is clear from his talks Any specific non-start up talks I should listen to? Because I listened to his start up talks, they are, ok I guess. I dont have anything negative or positive about it.
- eaenki 5y agoLucky sob
- moralestapia 5y ago"Open"AI, but no idea how they're doing.