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Commons file: left to right, Greg Brockman, then OpenAI's chairman and CTO, Sam Altman, then its CEO, and TechCrunch news editor Frederic Lardinois at TechCrunch Disrupt, 3 October 2019.

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(L-R) OpenAI Co-founder/Chairman & CTO Greg Brockman, OpenAI Co-Founder & CEO Sam Altman and TechCrunch News Editor Frederic Lardinois speak onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019 [...] Date 3 October 2019, 10:29

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“Commons file: left to right, Greg Brockman, then OpenAI's chairman and CTO, Sam Altman, then its CEO, and TechCrunch news editor Frederic Lardinois at TechCrunch Disrupt, 3 October 2019.” ai notis, checked 21 Oct 2026. Source: File:Disrupt_SF_TechCrunch_Disrupt_San_Francisco_2019_-_Day_2_(48837827613).jpg (Wikimedia Commons (TechCrunch on Flickr)). https://ainotis.com/c/2243

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ai notis. (2026, October 21). Commons file: left to right, Greg Brockman, then OpenAI's chairman and CTO, Sam Altman, then its CEO, and TechCrunch news editor Frederic Lardinois at TechCrunch Disrupt, 3 October 2019 [Checked claim 2243]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/2243

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