Tag: sam altman

How much energy does ChatGPT use? A single query uses about 0.34 watt-hours of electricity, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, roughly what an oven draws in a little over one second. Independent analysis by Epoch AI puts a typical GPT-4o query near 0.3 Wh, about the same as one Google search. The catch is […]

Sam Altman is (1) the CEO of OpenAI, (2) the executive who steered the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, (3) the former president of startup accelerator Y Combinator, (4) a billionaire venture investor worth an estimated $2 to $3.3 billion as of May 2026, and (5) one of the most influential people in artificial […]

ChatGPT was created by OpenAI, an artificial intelligence research company founded on December 11, 2015 by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Elon Musk, Wojciech Zaremba, John Schulman and a small group of researchers. ChatGPT itself was built by OpenAI’s research team and launched publicly on November 30, 2022. It reached 1 million users in […]

For past couple of years, Silicon Valley has treated artificial intelligence as the ultimate gold rush. Investors have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into data centers, chips, and model training. Startups have rebranded overnight as “AI companies.” Giants like Meta, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are racing to out-spend one another in a frenzy that […]

On September 22, 2025, Nvidia and OpenAI made headlines with a bold, unprecedented move: a strategic partnership involving $100 billion in investments and a plan to deploy 10 gigawatts worth of AI data centers. This deal represents a long-term, structured alliance between the world’s top chipmaker and the most powerful AI lab behind ChatGPT. The partnership goes far […]

If you’re graduating college in the next few years, you’re entering a job market that’s changing faster than anyone can predict. Half of entry-level white collar jobs could be automated within five years according to some AI leaders, while others argue this generation has access to tools that could help them build billion-dollar companies as […]

Until recently, the idea of a single individual launching a billion-dollar company seemed like science fiction. Building a unicorn required years of work, dozens—if not hundreds—of employees, millions in venture capital, and a bit of luck. But in 2025, thanks to the rapid evolution of AI agents, that paradigm is changing fast. OpenAI CEO Sam […]

The question hanging over Silicon Valley right now is one that makes investors nervous – are we living through another tech bubble? With AI companies burning through hundreds of billions in funding and Nvidia alone worth more than the entire GDP of Canada, the scale of investment feels weirdly familiar to anyone who lived through […]

It sounds like something from a sci-fi movie: the same tech billionaires shaping our digital future are quietly preparing for a much darker one. From private bunkers in Hawaii to fortified basements and New Zealand hideouts, several AI leaders are investing heavily in survival infrastructure. Some of the most influential people in tech are quietly […]

OpenAI just dropped GPT-5, the most anticipated AI model release of 2025. After months of speculation and hype surrounding what many expected to be a revolutionary leap toward artificial general intelligence, the company has finally unveiled its latest flagship model. With ChatGPT now serving 700 million weekly users worldwide, the pressure was on OpenAI to […]