# Sam Altman on Reddit (u/samaltman)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/sam-altman

Sam Altman: Co-founder and CEO of OpenAI.

- Reddit account: [u/samaltman](https://www.reddit.com/user/samaltman/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2015 r/IAmA AMA as a Reddit board member, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3cudmx/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/IAmA (10), r/ChatGPT (10), r/announcements (1), r/AskReddit (1), r/Showerthoughts (1), r/Watches (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2014 to 2025
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Altman

## Moments

### u/samaltman in r/ChatGPT, Aug 8, 2025 · Owned it

Replying to a redditor:

> Why are we getting rid of the variants and 4o when we all have unique communication styles? Please bring them back!

> ok, we hear you all on 4o; thanks for the time to give us the feedback (and the passion!). we are going to bring it back for plus users, and will watch usage to determine how long to support it.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1mkae1l/gpt5_ama_with_openais_sam_altman_and_some_of_the/n7nelhh/ · 1,047 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/samaltman in r/OpenAI, Jan 31, 2025 · Owned it

Replying to a redditor:

> Would you consider releasing some model weights, and publishing some research?

> yes, we are discussing. i personally think we have been on the wrong side of history here and need to figure out a different open source strategy; not everyone at openai shares this view, and it's also not our current highest priority.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1ieonxv/ama_with_openais_sam_altman_mark_chen_kevin_weil/maa0dcx/ · 543 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/samaltman in r/IAmA, Jul 10, 2015 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> About how many emails do you send / receive per day?

> I receive about 1200 and send about 200.  When people ask me what my job entails I just say "email".

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3cudmx/i_am_sam_altman_reddit_board_member_and_president/csz491j/ · 582 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/samaltman in r/ChatGPT, Oct 31, 2024 · Funny

Replying to a redditor:

> Will you be using ChatGPT to answer these questions?

> sometimes, yes.
>
> can you tell?

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1ggixzy/ama_with_openais_sam_altman_kevin_weil_srinivas/luq8ak2/ · 1,342 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/samaltman in r/singularity, Sep 26, 2023 · Funny

Replying to the post "RIP jimmy apples.".

> agi has been achieved internally (EDIT obviously this is just memeing, y’all have no chill! when agi is achieved it will not be announced with a reddit comment…)

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/16sdu6w/rip_jimmy_apples/k2aroaw/ · 917 points as of Nov 7, 2026