Sam Altman

Whether or not money can buy happiness, it can buy freedom, and that's a big deal. Also, lack of money is very stressful.

— Sam Altman

I believe whatever smart, ambitious people are working on will be the trend of the future. I do think that it's worth thinking critically about what the future will be.

— Sam Altman

I wouldn't call Loopt a failure. It didn't turn out like I wanted, for sure, but it was fun, I learned a lot, and I made enough money to start investing, which led me to my current job. I don't regret it at all.

— Sam Altman

Whether or not money can buy happiness, it can buy freedom, and that's a big deal. Also, lack of money is very stressful.

— Sam Altman

Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.

— Sam Altman

I wouldn't call Loopt a failure. It didn't turn out like I wanted, for sure, but it was fun, I learned a lot, and I made enough money to start investing, which led me to my current job. I don't regret it at all.

— Sam Altman

AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.

— Sam Altman

There's this famous observation that I totally believe: Great startup ideas are the ones that lie in the intersection of the Venn diagram of 'is a good idea' and 'looks like a bad idea.' So you want most people to think it's a bad idea and thus not compete with you until you get giant. But for it to secretly be good.

— Sam Altman

Whether or not money can buy happiness, it can buy freedom, and that's a big deal. Also, lack of money is very stressful.

— Sam Altman

Intelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder.

— Sam Altman

The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined. So figuring out there is a critical path thing to focus on and ignoring everything else is really important.

— Sam Altman