Sam Altman

OpenAI co-founder discloses nearly US$30 billion stake, financial ties to Sam Altman

The startup has raised well over US$100 billion from investors to hire researchers, buy computing power and expand the company

Elon Musk alleges that Sam Altman and the other leaders enriched themselves by abandoning the firm's altruistic principles and converting to a for-profit company.

Musk and Altman head to trial in feud over future of OpenAI

Tesla CEO seeks US$134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, which he pledges to give to OpenAI’s charitable arm

Elon Musk said in a Tuesday court filing that the goal of his lawsuit is to “unwind OpenAI’s for-profit conversation and restructuring”

Elon Musk seeks removal of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman as trial looms

ELON Musk is seeking to have OpenAI chief executive officer and board member Sam Altman removed from his roles at the artificial intelligence startup as part of the billionaire’s legal challenge to th...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that other projects would now be delayed, including a plan to introduce advertising to the chatbot.

OpenAI declares ChatGPT ‘code red’ over stiff competition: report

CEO Altman says resources must be devoted to fending off the new competition to its chatbot

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company expects to reach over US$20 billion in annualised revenue this year, a significant accomplishment for a startup.

OpenAI boss calls on governments to build AI infrastructure

Altman argued that building a “strategic national reserve of computing power” makes sense for governments

Brad Lightcap, chief operating officer at OpenAI, says the company will continue to invest "behind growth and demand".

OpenAI ramps up Singapore team amid billion-dollar data centre push in Asia

ChatGPT usage in Apac now accounts for more weekly users than any other region, noted OpenAI’s COO

Elon Musk (right) has accused Apple of giving unfair preference to ChatGPT on its App Store and threatened legal action, triggering a fiery exchange with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (left) this week.

Apple rejects Musk claim of App Store bias

APPLE on Thursday rejected Elon Musk’s claim that its digital App Store favours OpenAI’s ChatGPT over his company’s Grok and other rival AI assistants.

GPT-5 will determine on its own whether more time is needed to generate a response.

OpenAI debuts latest ChatGPT model, GPT-5, with one-model-to-rule-them-all approach

It will be free to use at launch, with usage limits for free-tier users

Masayoshi Son’s involvement with OpenAI extends far beyond enterprise customers.

Masayoshi Son and Sam Altman see no end to AI demand and scaling

SoftBank says it will invest as much as US$30 billion in the US company, a plan that’s contingent on OpenAI’s restructuring of its complex operational structure