“The Eternal Sunshine of Sam Altman: The Most Connected Millennial in Silicon Valley Is Staking His Fortune—And His Reputation—On Sci-Fi Moonshots in Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Fusion and Crypto. But Can His Optimism Survive Tech’s Winter of Discontent?”, 2021-11-19 (; backlinks):
It’s 10 a.m. on a radiant November morning in San Francisco, when Facetime pings with an unrecognized 917 number. “Hello, Jon, this is DVF.” DVF…DVF…Diane von Fürstenberg!
…“I understand you’d like to talk about Sam Altman?” Yes, of course. Altman, the 36-year-old former president of Y Combinator and current CEO of OpenAI, had offered to connect me to the 74-year-old New York fashion designer and former princess. Because, according to OpenAI’s PR director, “she and Sam are friends and often talk about AI and culture.” Also because Altman knows everyone, and he’s not shy about it.