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▶ 16:20 · $OPENAI · Altman targets infrastructure utility model for OpenAI
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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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“I would like us to be an infrastructure provider. I'd be happy for us to be like a forever low margin as long as we can be huge and grow in fast business, and I would like us to supply kind of an intelligence meter that companies can buy t…”
—sam altman
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