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▶ 48:43 · $STRIPE · Altman advises Stripe to adopt AI but not overrotate on agent-only future
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Stripe

Sam Altman in conversation with Patrick Collison

2026-05-19 · 3 company · 14 thematic
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sam altman

CEO of OpenAI since 2019; previously president of Y Combinator (2014-2019); early investor in Stripe; leads OpenAI's transition from research lab to product company to infrastructure utility.

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“adopt AI especially internally use AI to build better products but don't assume that the like entire socioeconomic system completely reconfigures I think the world has gotten a little bit delusional about this”
—sam altman
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