Sam Altman and OpenAI: Timeline From 2015 to ChatGPT
From co-founding OpenAI in 2015 to the ChatGPT explosion and the November 2023 boardroom drama, test your knowledge of Sam Altman's journey.
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In what year was OpenAI founded?
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Q1. In what year was OpenAI founded?
- 2010
- 2013
- 2015
- 2018
OpenAI was founded in December 2015 as a non-profit AI research lab by Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Elon Musk, and others, with $1 billion in pledged funding.Q2. Before OpenAI, Sam Altman led which famous startup accelerator?
- Techstars
- Y Combinator
- 500 Startups
- AngelPad
Altman served as president of Y Combinator from 2014 to 2019, succeeding Paul Graham. He stepped back to focus full-time on OpenAI in 2019.Q3. What ChatGPT model launched publicly on November 30, 2022?
- GPT-2
- GPT-3
- GPT-3.5
- GPT-4
ChatGPT launched on November 30, 2022, based on GPT-3.5. It reached 1 million users in just five days and 100 million users within two months, becoming the fastest-growing consumer app in history at that time.Q4. What major investor announced a multi-billion dollar partnership with OpenAI in 2019?
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- Oracle
Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in July 2019, then followed up with a reported $10 billion investment in January 2023 after ChatGPT's success. Microsoft Azure became OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider.Q5. On what date was Sam Altman fired by OpenAI's board, only to be reinstated days later?
- October 12, 2023
- November 17, 2023
- December 5, 2023
- January 8, 2024
The OpenAI board fired Altman on November 17, 2023, citing he 'was not consistently candid.' After mass employee threats to quit and Microsoft offering to hire him, Altman was reinstated as CEO on November 22, 2023.Q6. What was the codename for the failed coup attempt to remove Altman in late 2023?
- Project Q*
- The Blip
- OpenAI Mutiny
- There was no codename
The chaotic 5-day period from Altman's firing to reinstatement is colloquially known as 'The Blip.' Some reporting tied the boardroom panic to internal developments around a research project nicknamed Q* (Q-Star).Q7. Which model did OpenAI release in March 2023 with vision capabilities?
- GPT-3.5
- GPT-4
- GPT-4o
- o1
GPT-4 launched on March 14, 2023, as OpenAI's first multimodal model accepting images and text inputs. It scored in the top 10% on a simulated bar exam, compared to GPT-3.5's bottom-10% score.Q8. What text-to-video model did OpenAI demo in February 2024?
- DALL-E
- Sora
- Whisper
- Voyager
OpenAI unveiled Sora on February 15, 2024, a text-to-video model capable of generating up to 60-second realistic videos. It rolled out broadly in December 2024 as part of ChatGPT Plus.Q9. What nuclear fusion startup is Sam Altman the chairman of?
- Commonwealth Fusion
- Helion Energy
- TAE Technologies
- Tokamak Energy
Altman has invested heavily in and chairs Helion Energy, a fusion startup based in Everett, Washington. Helion has a 2028 deal to supply Microsoft with 50 megawatts of fusion-generated electricity.Q10. What hardware project is Altman developing with former Apple designer Jony Ive?
- AI smart glasses
- An AI-native consumer device
- A new smartphone OS
- A robotic assistant
Altman and Jony Ive announced a partnership in May 2025 when OpenAI acquired Ive's startup 'io' for about $6.5 billion. They're developing an AI-native consumer hardware device intended as a third major computing platform.
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