Who is Sam Altman, The Maker of ChatGPT

Who is Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and The Maker of ChatGPT

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Sam Altman was born on 22 April, 1985, in Chicago, U.S. His real name is Samuel H. Altman.

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There is less information about his parents, but her mother is a dermatologist. Sam was raised in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Sam got his first PC when he was 8 years old. He completed his high school education at John Burroughs School.

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He began studying computer science at Stanford University, but later in 2005 he dropped out and did not complete his degree.

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In the same year, Sam co-founded a location-based social networking mobile app "Loopt." The app didn't work well and was shut down in 2012.

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In 2011, Sam Altman became a partner at Y Combinator. YC is an American technology startup company.

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In 2014, Sam became the president of Y Combinator. The company surpassed $65 billion at the end of 2014. In 2016, He became the president of YC Group.

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In 2015, Sam co-founded OpenAI with Elon Musk, Greg Brockman, Peter Thiel, and others. In 2016, He also became the CEO of OpenAI.

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In 2018, OpenAI started making AI bots, including GPT-3 and ChatGPT. In 2022, they released an enhanced version of ChatGPT.

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ChatGPT is now the new sensation in the AI industry. It had over 1 million users within 5 days of its launch. It has approximately 13 million daily users.

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Sam also invested in many valuable companies, like Airbnb, Reddit, Pinterest, Teespring, Instacart, Optimizely, Verbling, and many more.

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In 2014, Sam also served as the Reddit CEO for eight days after the resignation of the then-current Reddit CEO, Yishan Wong.

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Sam Altman, the angel investor, entrepreneur, programmer, and blogger, has a net worth of $2 billion, according to CNW.

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