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Though Loopt was not a smashing success, it was moderately successful for a time. Sam then advised start-ups and was president of YC. He has been a key figure
by pedalpete 3y ago
Though Loopt was not a smashing success, it was moderately successful for a time.
Sam then advised start-ups and was president of YC.
He has been a key figure in OpenAI since it's inception, and based on the response from the employees when he was booted, I'd say they have a great respect for his leadership.
When Sama left YC for OpenAI, it was still 2.5-3 years from launching a product (I could be wrong on that). So he has lead the release of the fastest growing company.
So, I'd say yes, he has done some very significant things, and will likely continue to do them.
However, I also would be cautious of conflating founder with investor, which I see quite often. Sam is involved with a fusion company (I don't know which one), and I hear it spoken as if that is his company, but I believe he is just the investor. Maybe an active investor, but I agree, let's give credit to the people on the field, not those who buy the box seats.
- morpheos137 3y ago"growth" doesn't equal profitable or a viable business. it is really easy to sell some one else's dollar for 80 cents.
- pedalpete 3y agoI can only hope you're speaking from a "man in the ring" perspective.
- morpheos137 3y agoNo need. The point of a business is to make money not just burn it. It is that simple. It is kind of funny that you attempt to appeal to authority to some how invalidate this elementary concept. It doesn't. It really isn't impressive, from a business standpoint that a smooth talking huckster college dropout with no significant track record of significant business success can burn billions, now trillions of dollars of other people's money without having a viable business.
- pedalpete 3y agoIf you think OpenAI isn't successful....
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoI downtown everyone who refers to Sam Altman as sama
- pedalpete 3y agoDid you mean downvote? I didn't even realize I did it. Don't really care either.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agoYeah, autocorrect