Former Y Combinator President, OpenAI CEO, Director of Bridgetown Holdings
| Sector | Role | Entity | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORPORATE | Portfolio Company Leader | Founders Fund | 2015–present |
| GOVERNMENT | Grant Recipient / Former Affiliate | Good Ventures | 2015–present |
| OTHER | Colleague | Dario Amodei | 2016–present |
| OTHER | Attribution Shared | Reid Hoffman | 2020–present |
| CORPORATE | Competitor | Anthropic | 2021–present |
| OTHER | Signatory | Center for AI Safety | 2023–present |
| GOVERNMENT | Constituent/Tech Leader | Chuck Schumer | 2023–present |
| CORPORATE | Employment | OpenAI | 2023–present |
| OTHER | Indirect Relationship Via Stand With Crypto | Valerie P. Foushee | 2024–present |
| OTHER | Membership | Ilya Sutskever | 2024–present |
This timeline visualises documented roles and relationships for Sam Altman using dates recorded in the entity connection graph. Roles are classified into sectors (government, corporate, political) based on relationship type and target entity type.
Conflict zones are periods where government/institutional roles overlap with corporate positions. These overlaps are not inherently improper but represent structural conditions that merit public scrutiny — the same person simultaneously holds a position involving public trust and a position involving private financial interest.
Date precision varies: some connections record only a year, others a full date. Ongoing roles (no end date) are drawn to the present year. Committee memberships are drawn from official congressional records where available.
