Author: Sam Altman

Helion has been progressing even faster than I expected and is on pace in 2024 to 1) demonstrate Q > 1 fusion and 2) resolve all questions needed to design a mass-producible fusion generator. …

Today we did a research launch of DALL•E 2, a new AI tool that can create and edit images from natural language instructions. Most importantly, we hope people love the tool and find it useful. For me, it’s the most delightful thing to play with …

I’m delighted to be investing more in Helion. Helion is by far the most promising approach to fusion I’ve seen.David and Chris are two of the most impressive founders and builders (in the sense of building fusion machines, in addition to buildin…

This post is by Sam Altman from Sam Altman A founder recently asked me how to stop caring what other people think. I didn’t have an answer, and after reflecting on it more, I think it’s the wrong question.Almost everyone cares what someone thinks (though caring what everyone thinks is definitely a mistake), and it’s…

A founder recently asked me how to stop caring what other people think. I didn’t have an answer, and after reflecting on it more, I think it’s the wrong question.Almost everyone cares what someone thinks (though caring what everyone thinks is de…

This post is by Sam Altman from Sam Altman A lot of people want to replicate YC in some other industry or some other place or with some other strategy. In general, people seem to assume that: 1) although there was some degree of mystery or luck about how YC got going, it can’t be…

A lot of people want to replicate YC in some other industry or some other place or with some other strategy. In general, people seem to assume that: 1) although there was some degree of mystery or luck about how YC got going, it can’t be that ha…

This post is by Sam Altman from Sam Altman I spent many years working with founders and now I work with researchers.Although there are always individual exceptions, on average it’s surprising to me how different the best people in these groups are (including in some qualities that I had assumed were present in great people…

I spent many years working with founders and now I work with researchers.Although there are always individual exceptions, on average it’s surprising to me how different the best people in these groups are (including in some qualities that I had …

This post is by Sam Altman from Sam Altman Almost every company and non-profit working on COVID-19 that I offered to help asked for support with clinical trials—for companies focusing on developing novel drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics, rapidly spinning up trials is one of their biggest bottlenecks. Science remains the only way out of the COVID-19…