For years Sam Altman has been one of the most prominent seed investors. He’s perhaps best known for his five years as the president of the famous startup accelerator Y Combinator, a role he left in 2019. Altman’s keen eye for investments helped him jump 80 spots up to No. 13 on this year’s Seed 100 list. One example: After first backing the fusion-energy startup Helion Energy in 2015, he invested $375 million in the startup's $500 million Series E round in November, which boosted its valuation to $3 billion. When not investing, he leads OpenAI, an organization that works with open-source artificial intelligence.
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AI / Devtools
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USA
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OpenAI Startup Fund
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Venture arm of OpenAI. Also runs Converge: a highly selective, five-week program for exceptional engineers, designers, researchers, and product builders using AI to reimagine products and industries.
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