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What year did Samuel Altman drop out of Stanford?
What year did Samuel Altman drop out of Stanford?
- 2004
- 2005 (correct)
- 2006
- 2007
What fund did Altman announce in October 2015?
What fund did Altman announce in October 2015?
- YC Capital
- YC Fund
- YC Continuity (correct)
- YC Ventures
What is the goal of OpenAI, which Altman chairs the board of?
What is the goal of OpenAI, which Altman chairs the board of?
- To advance digital intelligence in a way that is most likely to benefit humanity (correct)
- To provide free digital currency to every human on Earth
- To support Joe Biden's presidential campaign
- To provide free access to technology and resources
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- Samuel Altman was born on April 22, 1985 in St. Louis, Missouri.
- He attended John Burroughs School for high school and studied computer science at Stanford University until dropping out in 2005.
- Altman began his career as CEO of Loopt, a location-based social networking mobile application, in 2005.
- In February 2014, Altman was named president of Y Combinator by its cofounder Paul Graham.
- Altman's first batch of investments included Loopt.
- In September 2016, Altman announced that he would become president of YC Group, which included Y Combinator and other units.
- Altman said that he hoped to expand Y Combinator to fund 1,000 new companies per year.
- In October 2015, Altman announced YC Continuity, a $700 million growth-stage equity fund that invests in YC companies.
- Altman was named the top investor under 30 by Forbes in 2015.
- In March 2019, YC announced Altman's transitioning into a Chairman position to focus more on OpenAI.
- Altman is the chairman of the board for Helion and Oklo, two nuclear energy companies.
- OpenAI is a capped-profit research company whose goal is to advance digital intelligence in a way that is most likely to benefit humanity as a whole.
- Altman is the co-founder, president and CEO of Y Combinator, a startup accelerator
- He is also a computer scientist and entrepreneur
- He has a bachelor's degree from Harvard and a master's degree from Stanford
- He has been involved in a number of startups, including Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit
- In 2019 he founded worldcoin, a digital currency that aims to give its new currency to every human on Earth for free
- In 2020 he donated $250,000 to American Bridge 21st century, a super PAC supporting Joe Biden's presidential campaign
- He is a vegetarian and a supporter of social justice.
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