Sam Altman (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sam Altman" in English language version.

Last modified: 04:20:55, 19 September 2026 (UTC)

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abc13.com (Global: 7,047^th place; English: 3,699^th place)

Pearson, Lileana; Jones, Luke (April 13, 2026). "Texas man charged after allegedly throwing explosive at OpenAI CEO's California home, officials say". KTRK-TV.

altcacquisitioncorp.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"AltC Acquisition Corp - Sam Altman". AltC Acquisition Corp. Archived from the original on May 5, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2024.

arstechnica.com (Global: 473^rd place; English: 338^th place)

Hammond, George; Chipolina, Scott (July 24, 2023). "Ready for your eye scan? Worldcoin launches—but not quite worldwide". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

"Musk loses OpenAI court battle as he waited too long to sue". BBC. May 18, 2026. Archived from the original on May 20, 2026. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
Hoskins, Peter (January 8, 2025). "OpenAI boss Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by sister". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2025. Retrieved January 10, 2025.

beyondx.ai (Global: low place; English: low place)

김, 창수 (November 13, 2024). "샘 올트만: AI가 집값을 반값으로 낮추는 미래에 대한 예측". 비욘드엑스 (in Korean). Archived from the original on May 18, 2026. Retrieved November 22, 2025.

bilderbergmeetings.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Participants 2022". www.bilderbergmeetings.org. Archived from the original on May 25, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

bizjournals.com (Global: 396^th place; English: 190^th place)

Bloomberg, Sara (April 15, 2024). "Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?". Biz Journals. Archived from the original on July 24, 2025. Retrieved June 13, 2025.

bloomberg.com (Global: 118^th place; English: 85^th place)

"Hydrazine Capital LP - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
Massa, Annie; Golpotthawela, Vernal (March 1, 2024). "Sam Altman Is Worth $2 Billion—That Doesn't Include OpenAI". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
Ghaffary, Shirin (February 22, 2024). "OpenAI's Altman Listed as Major Reddit Shareholder in IPO Filing". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on March 2, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
Chapman, Lizette (September 23, 2020). "Bridgetown SPAC, Backed by Peter Thiel, Files to Go Public". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 18, 2025. Retrieved November 22, 2025.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Isaacson, Walter (September 13, 2023). "Artificial Intelligence". Elon Musk. Simon and Schuster. pp. 240–243. ISBN 978-1-76142-262-1 – via Google Books.

businessinsider.com (Global: 201^st place; English: 139^th place)

Nguyen, Britney; Hart, Jordan (February 20, 2024). "Meet Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO who learned to code at 8 and is a doomsday prepper with a stash of guns and gold". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 5, 2026. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
Nguyen, Britney; Hart, Jordan; Varanasi, Lakshmi (May 23, 2025). "The rise of OpenAI's billionaire CEO, Sam Altman". Business Insider. Archived from the original on February 5, 2026. Retrieved August 22, 2025.
Getahun, Hannah. "Sam Altman addresses 'potential equity cancellation' in OpenAI exit agreements after 2 high-profile departures". Business Insider. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
Russell, Melia (November 14, 2019). "Andrew Yang preached his tech-friendly gospel at Sam Altman's San Francisco house: You can't treat tech like oil companies and breaking up Amazon won't bring malls back". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
Varanasi, Lakshmi; Niemeyer, Kenneth (May 12, 2024). "OpenAI's Sam Altman has a new idea for a universal basic income". Business Insider. Archived from the original on May 28, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
Griffiths, Brent D. (April 30, 2026). "Sam Altman falls out of love with universal basic income". Business Insider. Retrieved September 12, 2026.
Russell, Melia; Kay, Grace. "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just got married". Business Insider. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
Ahlgrim, Callie. "Sam Altman says his own kids will 'never be smarter than AI'". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 24, 2025. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
Altchek, Ana (September 24, 2024). "Sam Altman says doing psychedelics during a weekend retreat in Mexico changed his life". Business Insider. Archived from the original on July 24, 2026. Retrieved May 7, 2026.

buzzfeednews.com (Global: 2,272^nd place; English: 1,284^th place)

Nieva, Richard; Sethi, Aman (April 21, 2022). "Worldcoin Promised Free Crypto If They Scanned Their Eyeballs With "The Orb." Now They Feel Robbed". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
Mac, Ryan (August 7, 2017). "Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump". BuzzFeed News. Archived from the original on July 8, 2026. Retrieved November 22, 2025.

cnbc.com (Global: 303^rd place; English: 191^st place)

Gilchrist, Karen (May 18, 2023). "A secretive annual meeting attended by the world's elite has A.I. top of the agenda". CNBC. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
Novet, Jordan (February 22, 2024). "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stands to net millions as Reddit goes public". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024.
Field, Hayden; Sigalos, MacKenzie (May 10, 2024). "Sam Altman's nuclear energy company Oklo plunges 54% in NYSE debut". CNBC. Archived from the original on May 17, 2024.
Field, Hayden (May 29, 2024). "Former OpenAI board member explains why CEO Sam Altman got fired before he was rehired". CNBC. Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
Subin, Samantha; Haddad, CJ; Breuninger, Kevin (September 2, 2026). "G20 live updates: OpenAI's Altman says the use of AI is 'non-negotiable'". CNBC. Archived from the original on September 2, 2026. Retrieved September 2, 2026.
Capoot, Ashley (April 27, 2026). "Jury selection kicks off in Musk v. Altman trial". CNBC. Archived from the original on May 1, 2026. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
Shead, Sam (March 30, 2021). "Silicon Valley leaders think A.I. will one day fund free cash handouts. But experts aren't convinced". CNBC. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
Rodriguez, Salvador (July 4, 2025). "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 5, 2025. Retrieved July 6, 2025.
Butts, Dylan (September 15, 2025). "Why is Sam Altman losing sleep? OpenAI CEO addresses controversies in sweeping interview". CNBC. Archived from the original on July 3, 2026. Retrieved June 16, 2026.
Field, Hayden. "OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denies sexual abuse allegations made by his sister in lawsuit". CNBC. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; English: 26^th place)

cnn.com

Valinsky, Jordan (May 28, 2024). "OpenAI's Sam Altman vows to give away most of his wealth through the Giving Pledge". CNN Business. Archived from the original on June 1, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
Gold, Hadas (April 10, 2026). "Suspect arrested after incendiary device thrown at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's home". CNN. Archived from the original on April 11, 2026. Retrieved April 11, 2026.

edition.cnn.com

Collinson, Stephen (September 14, 2026). "A fateful turning point for humanity and AI could redefine American politics". CNN Politics. Retrieved September 14, 2026.

csmonitor.com (Global: 982^nd place; English: 614^th place)

Lewontin, Max (December 14, 2015). "Open AI: Effort to democratize artificial intelligence research?". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2015.

doubleblindmag.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Robinson, Randy (October 21, 2024). "Open AI's Sam Altman Is Jumping Into Psychedelics. But Do We Need Him?". DoubleBlind Mag. Retrieved May 7, 2026.

entrepreneur.com (Global: 3,846^th place; English: 2,243^rd place)

Ankeny, Jason (April 25, 2015). "Meet Y Combinator's Bold Whiz Kid Boss". Entrepreneur. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

esquire.com (Global: 893^rd place; English: 582^nd place)

Junod, Tom (December 18, 2014). "How Venture Capitalists Find Opportunities in the Future". Esquire. Archived from the original on December 20, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.

fastcompany.com (Global: 1,399^th place; English: 772^nd place)

Chafkin, Max (April 16, 2015). "Y Combinator President Sam Altman is Dreaming Big". Fast Company. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.

fiercebiotech.com (Global: low place; English: 6,413^th place)

Idrus, Amirah Al (October 26, 2020). "Journey Colab bags $3M from 'moonshot' fund to push new development model for psychedelic treatments". Fierce Biotech. Archived from the original on April 17, 2026. Retrieved May 7, 2026.

forbes.com (Global: 71^st place; English: 54^th place)

Hart, Robert (July 24, 2023). "What Is Worldcoin? Here's What To Know About The Eyeball-Scanning Crypto Project Launched By OpenAI's Sam Altman". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
Tindera, Michela (May 22, 2020). "Silicon Valley's Sam Altman Gave $250,000 To Democratic Super-PAC Supporting Biden". Forbes. Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

fortune.com (Global: 647^th place; English: 421^st place)

Hagy, Paige (November 21, 2023). "Sam Altman's ousting from OpenAI could lead to even greater success: 'You could parachute him into an island full of cannibals and come back in five years and he'd be the king'". Fortune. Archived from the original on December 5, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
Matthews, Jessica. "The University of Michigan wrote Sam Altman's venture capital firm a $75M check earlier this year for a new fund". Fortune. Archived from the original on December 7, 2025. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
Robison, Kyle (February 22, 2024). "Sam Altman is set to be one of the biggest winners in Reddit's IPO, with a stake that could be worth $435 million". Fortune. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
"OpenAI Will Need More Capital Than Any Non-Profit Has Ever Raised". Fortune. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
Smith, Dave. "Sam Altman says colleagues are glad he's a dad now, because they think raising a child will help him make 'better decisions for humanity'". Fortune. Archived from the original on June 11, 2026. Retrieved June 11, 2026.
Berger, Chloe (September 25, 2024). "Sam Altman discusses life-changing psychedelics experience". Fortune. Archived from the original on May 20, 2026. Retrieved May 7, 2026.

ft.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 127^th place)

Muir, Martha; Hammond, George (April 22, 2025). "Sam Altman steps down as chair of nuclear power supplier Oklo to avoid conflict of interest". Financial Times. Archived from the original on April 25, 2025. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
Murgia, Madhumita (August 7, 2019). "DeepMind runs up higher losses and debts in race for AI". Financial Times. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.

gizmodo.com (Global: 763^rd place; English: 486^th place)

Ropek, Lucas (December 27, 2024). "Worst New Trend of 2024: Techno-Colonialism and the Network State Movement". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on April 9, 2025. Retrieved March 26, 2025.

indianexpress.com (Global: 108^th place; English: 58^th place)

"'I have been accused of murder': Sam Altman responds as Tucker Carlson grills him over Indian-origin OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's death". The Indian Express. September 11, 2025. Archived from the original on May 14, 2026. Retrieved June 16, 2026.

lemonde.fr (Global: 60^th place; English: 343^rd place)

"From Praxis to Prospera, Silicon Valley longs to break free". December 4, 2023. Archived from the original on April 18, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2025.

newyorker.com (Global: 191^st place; English: 122^nd place)

Farrow, Ronan; Marantz, Andrew (April 13, 2026). "Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?". The New Yorker. pp. 32–51. ISSN 0028-792X. Archived from the original on April 8, 2026. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
Friend, Tad (October 3, 2016). "Sam Altman's Manifest Destiny". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
Wallace-Wells, Benjamin (May 19, 2025). "Can Sam Altman Be Trusted with the Future?". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on August 19, 2026. Retrieved August 12, 2026.

npr.org (Global: 114^th place; English: 75^th place)

Ruwitch, John (April 27, 2026). "Musk vs. Altman: Tech CEOs head to court over the fate of OpenAI". NPR. Archived from the original on April 29, 2026. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
Ruwitch, John (April 28, 2026). "Elon Musk testifies against OpenAI, seeking Sam Altman's ouster". NPR. Archived from the original on April 29, 2026. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
"Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump's inauguration fund". NPR. December 13, 2024. Archived from the original on February 22, 2026. Retrieved December 14, 2024.

nymag.com (Global: 525^th place; English: 339^th place)

Weil, Elizabeth (September 25, 2023). "Sam Altman Is the Oppenheimer of Our Age". Intelligencer. Archived from the original on October 6, 2023. Retrieved December 12, 2023.
Freedlander, David (January 18, 2024). "Dean Phillips Met Sam Altman, Then Got Awfully Interested in AI". New York Magazine. Retrieved March 5, 2025.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Bernstein, Joseph (December 12, 2023). "Who Would Give This Guy Millions to Build His Own Utopia?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on April 27, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
Roose, Kevin (December 5, 2022). "The Brilliance and Weirdness of ChatGPT". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
Cade, Metz (November 22, 2023). "Sam Altman Is Reinstated as OpenAI's Chief Executive". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 22, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
Schleifer, Theodore (March 5, 2025). "OpenAI's C.E.O. Returns to Political Fund-Raising". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
Metz, Cade (March 31, 2023). "The ChatGPT King Isn't Worried, but He Knows You Might Be". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
Bogel-Burroughs, Nicholas; Huang, Kalley; Knight, Heather. "Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of OpenAI C.E.O. Sam Altman". New York Times.

openai.com (Global: 4,607^th place; English: 5,254^th place)

"OpenAI announces leadership transition". openai.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
"Our structure". OpenAI. June 28, 2023. Archived from the original on July 29, 2023.
"OpenAI and Elon Musk". Open AI. March 5, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
"OpenAI LP". openai.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019.

pbs.org (Global: 260^th place; English: 176^th place)

"WATCH: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee". PBS NewsHour. May 15, 2023. Archived from the original on June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.

pewresearch.org (Global: 1,516^th place; English: 983^rd place)

Multiple sources:
- Vogels, Emily A. (May 24, 2023). "A majority of Americans have heard of ChatGPT, but few have tried it themselves". Pew Research Center. Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.

politico.com (Global: 243^rd place; English: 130^th place)

Mui, Christine (January 22, 2024). "Silicon Valley's crush on fusion". Politico. Archived from the original on April 1, 2024.

rescale.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Fireside Chat with Sam Altman". Rescale. February 24, 2020. Archived from the original on August 3, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

Krystal, Hu; Tong, Anna; Jeffrey, Dastin (March 12, 2023). "Tech execs race to save startups from 'extinction' after SVB collapse". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
Sources for investigation
- Howcroft, Elizabeth (July 31, 2023). "France's watchdog questions legality of Worldcoin biometric data collection". Reuters. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- "Y Combinator's Sam Altman teams up with Michael Klein to launch SPAC looking to raise $1 billion". Reuters. March 15, 2021.
- Dastin, Jeffrey; Hu, Krystal; Dave, Paresh; Dave, Paresh (December 15, 2022). "Exclusive: ChatGPT owner OpenAI projects $1 billion in revenue by 2024". Reuters. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
- "Microsoft CEO says Sam Altman will be joining Microsoft". Reuters. November 20, 2023. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.

samaltman.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.samaltman.com

"A New Team At Reddit". Sam Altman. November 13, 2014. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
"China". Sam Altman. Archived from the original on December 6, 2025. Retrieved November 22, 2025.

scmp.com (Global: 302^nd place; English: 189^th place)

"OpenAI CEO discusses AI collaboration and regulatory challenges". South China Morning Post. February 2025. Archived from the original on February 16, 2025. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
Farah, Lynn (November 24, 2023). "Meet ChatGPT boss Sam Altman, who's back in the CEO chair: Microsoft briefly hired him before his OpenAI return, he came out as LGBT in high school, and he splurges his millions on Tesla and McLaren". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on March 20, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

sec.gov (Global: 617^th place; English: 437^th place)

sec.gov

"PROSPECTUS FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(B)(4) REGISTRATION NO. 333-251860 $260,000,000 Bridgetown 2 Holdings Limited". www.sec.gov. Archived from the original on June 9, 2026. Retrieved November 22, 2025.
"Form S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Bridgetown 3 Holdings Limited". www.sec.gov. Archived from the original on December 7, 2025. Retrieved November 22, 2025.

reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov

Hydrazine Capital GP, LLC (February 14, 2023). "Form ADV - Uniform Application for Investment Adviser Registration and Report by Exempt Reporting Advisers" (PDF). Securities and Exchange Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

sfchronicle.com (Global: 1,268^th place; English: 603^rd place)

Difeliciantonio, Chase (January 12, 2024). "Sam Altman pushed out from OpenAI for not being 'candid' with board". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 12, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.

sfist.com (Global: low place; English: 8,442^nd place)

"Daniel Lurie Names OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to His Mayoral Transition Team". SFist. November 18, 2024. Archived from the original on November 18, 2024. Retrieved November 19, 2024.

sfstandard.com (Global: low place; English: 6,087^th place)

"Sam Altman's home targeted in second attack". sfstandard.com. April 12, 2026. Archived from the original on April 12, 2026. Retrieved April 12, 2026.

sky.com (Global: 566^th place; English: 355^th place)

news.sky.com

Acres, Tom (November 22, 2023). "Who is Sam Altman? The OpenAI boss and ChatGPT guru who became one of AI's biggest players". Sky News. Archived from the original on December 9, 2025. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

statnews.com (Global: 7,413^th place; English: 4,542^nd place)

Herper, Matthew (June 16, 2020). "Teaming tech and pharma, effort seeks to speed Covid-19 clinical trials". Stat. Archived from the original on October 18, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.

techcrunch.com (Global: 317^th place; English: 224^th place)

Clark, Kate (March 8, 2019). "Y Combinator president Sam Altman is stepping down amid a series of changes at the accelerator". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
Loizos, Connie (March 9, 2019). "Did Sam Altman make YC better or worse?". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on December 16, 2019. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
Melinek, Jacquelyn (March 29, 2024). "Sam Altman's crypto project Worldcoin got more coin in latest $115M raise". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on July 25, 2025. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
Njanja, Annie (August 2, 2023). "Kenya suspends Worldcoin scans over security, privacy and financial concerns". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
Olanoff, Drew (December 11, 2015). "Artificial Intelligence Nonprofit OpenAI Launches With Backing From Elon Musk And Sam Altman". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
Harris, Mark. "Elon Musk used to say he put $100M in OpenAI, but now it's $50M: Here are the receipts". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on February 12, 2026. Retrieved August 12, 2025.
Singh, Manish (March 6, 2024). "OpenAI says Musk only ever contributed $45 million, wanted to merge with Tesla or take control". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
Wiggers, Kyle (August 6, 2024). "OpenAI co-founder Schulman leaves for Anthropic, Brockman takes extended leave". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on August 7, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2026.

technologyreview.com (Global: 2,515^th place; English: 1,716^th place)

"Sam Altman invested $180 million into a company trying to delay death". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
Guo, Eileen; Renaldi, Adi (April 6, 2022). "Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million test users". MIT Technology Review. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2023.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Skelton, Charlie (May 20, 2023). "At Bilderberg's bigwig bash two things are guaranteed: Kissinger and secrecy". The Guardian. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
Das, Shanti; Connett, David (November 18, 2023). "Sam Altman 'was working on new venture' before sacking from OpenAI". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on November 19, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
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