Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI (Cognitive Impact: ChatGPT)
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Sam Altman serves as Director on Bridgetown Holdings board
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VerifiedPending ReviewSigned a 2023 Center for AI Safety statement declaring: "Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war." This positions Altman as both a primary architect of AI systems and a public advocate warning about their existential dangers.
Date: 2023-05-30Added: 15 Apr 2026
VerifiedPending ReviewIn a 2016 New Yorker profile, Sam Altman stated: "I have guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israeli Defense Force, and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to." Also confirmed his home has a "reinforced underground basement."
Date: 2016-10-10Added: 15 Apr 2026
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Pending ReviewSam Altman filed filing with the SEC on 2021-08-24. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2021-08-24Added: 12 Apr 2026
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Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI (Cognitive Impact: ChatGPT)
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Sam Altman serves as Director on Bridgetown Holdings board
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2026UNVERIFIEDResearch: Sam Altman — Parliamentary records (no results)parliamentary_recordProcessed
2026UNVERIFIEDResearch: Sam Altman — Court records (no results)court_documentProcessed
2026UNVERIFIEDResearch: Sam Altman — Lobbying disclosures (no results)government_disclosureProcessed
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