OpenAI's founding motivation was pure—to push AI research forward without financial or power incentives—which Altman attributes to already having made money from Looped, making wealth accumulation less motivating at that life stage.

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Sam Altman

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I had already made a lot of money so it was not like a big I mean I I like I don't want to like claim some like moral Purity here

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The Possibilities of AI [Entire Talk] - Sam Altman (OpenAI)Stanford eCorner
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:37:11 PM

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