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Wojciech Zaremba

05/18/17

@ Y Combinator

OpenAI has received significant support, including a $1 billion investment from Elon Musk and Sam Altman.

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An AI Primer with Wojciech Zaremba

@ Y Combinator

05/18/17

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Elon Musk

05/17/23

@ AstraNova

I funded OpenAI with around 50 million dollars, intending it to be an open-source, non-profit organization to counter the closed-source, for-profit model of companies like Google.

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Y Combinator Cast

11/01/24

@ Y Combinator

OpenAI's recent $6.6 billion funding round indicates that AI models are becoming increasingly capital intensive, with future models expected to be orders of magnitude larger than current ones.

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Y Combinator Cast

12/14/24

@ Y Combinator

2024 has been a remarkable year for startups, with significant funding rounds, including OpenAI raising $6 billion and Scale AI raising $1 billion, showcasing the growth in the AI sector.

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Peter H. Diamandis Cast

05/24/25

@ Peter H. Diamandis

OpenAI is acquiring an AI device startup from Apple's Jony Ive for $6.5 billion, marking a significant move in the AI landscape.

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Paul Buchheit

08/10/24

@ Y Combinator

Sam Altman is an incredible organizer who can unite diverse interests and people, which was crucial for the founding of OpenAI.

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Vinod Khosla

04/02/25

@ South Park Commons

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.

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Marc Andreessen

01/26/25

@ Lex Fridman

Sam Altman has publicly expressed his intention to transition OpenAI from a nonprofit to a for-profit entity, which involves legally acquiring the nonprofit's assets through a for-profit structure.

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Marc Andreessen

01/26/25

@ Lex Fridman

The last financing round for OpenAI was around $150 billion, and if the transition to for-profit occurs, the for-profit entity must raise this amount to buy the nonprofit's assets.

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Geoffrey Hinton

04/26/25

@ CBS Mornings

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.