9 Lessons I Learned from Sam Altman about Startups, Artificial Intelligence, and Leading with Vision

9 Lessons I Learned from Sam Altman about Startups, Artificial Intelligence, and Leading with Vision In the late summer of 2015, a group of young founders gathered in a cramped room at Y Combinator’s Mountain View office. They were nervous, clutching pitch decks and half-finished prototypes, but the man they were about to meet didn’t seem interested in their slides. Sam Altman, barely in his thirties at the time, leaned forward and asked questions that cut through the noise: Why this? Why now? Why you? What struck those founders was not just the rigor of his questioning, but the way he seemed to peer around corners, seeing possibilities they hadn’t yet imagined. To meet Altman was to feel both exposed and energized, as though your ideas were simultaneously too small and yet capable of becoming much bigger than you had dared to hope. Altman is a curious figure in Silicon Valley mythology. He does not quite fit the archetype of the visionary founder who drops out of college to build a garage empire, nor does he slot neatly into the role of the professional investor who measures success in multiples and exits. Grab a copy of this book now!