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Sam Altman

05/12/25

@ Sequoia Capital

The first consumer product we launched was DALL-E, not ChatGPT, as we initially focused on building an API to test our systems.

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman on Building the ‘Core AI Subscription’ for Your Life

@ Sequoia Capital

OpenAI’s Sam Altman on Building the ‘Core AI Subscription’ for Your Life

05/12/25

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Aravind Srinivas

02/22/25

@ Y Combinator

The first real product we launched was a chat UI that allowed users to converse and retrieve data from a database, which was well-received.

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Sam Altman

05/12/25

@ Sequoia Capital

Even though many struggled to build businesses with the GPT-3 API, people loved interacting with it, which led us to develop ChatGPT.

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Severin Hacker

05/19/25

@ 20VC with Harry Stebbings

We were one of the launch partners of OpenAI when they first launched ChatGPT-4, and we immediately recognized its potential to help our mission.

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Jason Citron

04/29/25

@ a16z speedrun

We initially planned to build a chat app for gaming, but we thought we could bootstrap it through a game. When the game failed, we realized we could launch the chat app directly instead.

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Sam Altman

05/12/25

@ Sequoia Capital

By the time ChatGPT 3.5 was released, we identified multiple categories where businesses could thrive using the API, driven by the demand for conversational AI.

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Y Combinator Cast

12/14/24

@ Y Combinator

The consensus two years ago was that the launch of ChatGPT would benefit OpenAI exclusively, but many successful AI applications have emerged from startups instead.

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Mira Murati

09/25/23

@ a16z

The project that led to ChatGPT began as Web GPT, which utilized retrieval to provide information and cite sources, ultimately evolving into ChatGPT due to its unique dialogue capabilities.

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Christopher O'Donnell

04/01/25

@ Sequoia Capital

I started Day.ai shortly after the ChatGPT moment because it felt like the right time to capture the imagination and build something impactful.

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Waseem Alshikh

03/27/25

@ LangChain

Since the release of ChatGPT, we've seen a shift in enterprise interest from how generative AI works to how it can solve specific business problems.