I'm a founder at OpenAI, focusing on robotics and the application of deep learning in this field.

Investing in OpenAI in 2018 felt simple because I had a strong belief in AI, despite the investment being unconventional and lacking a clear business plan.

At OpenAI, we pursued robotics not for commercial motives, but to demonstrate the power of machine learning, which later influenced large language models.

When we started OpenAI, I was convinced that deep learning was genuinely working and that it improved with scale. This realization was crucial because it seemed like others weren't recognizing its potential.

Deciding to start OpenAI was a pivotal moment for us. We almost didn't do it because AGI seemed like a crazy idea, and there were many other successful startups to pursue. It took a core group of people to look each other in the eye and commit to the mission, despite the doubts.

I was drawn to OpenAI because of its mission to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI), which I believe is the most important technology we can build.

OpenAI started small, with just eight people in a room. The journey to becoming a significant player in AI was gradual, and it's important to dream big while starting small. Nothing big starts off that way, and the path to success is often unclear at the beginning.

The creation of OpenAI was driven by the desire to ensure AI development was open and beneficial to the broader startup ecosystem.

OpenAI was initially focused on developing superintelligence safely, but over time, safety became less of a priority as they shifted towards becoming a for-profit company.