Samuel Harris Altman is an entrepreneur and investor, well known for having been the ex-president of a startup accelerator, Y Combinator, and later taking over as CEO of OpenAI, a research laboratory for artificial intelligence.
Man's Search for Meaning
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Zero to One
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Brave New World
The Kite Runner
Foundation
Endurance
Meditations
Sam AltmansourceGreat read
Call Me by Your Name
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Einstein
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Superintelligence
Sam AltmansourceNick Bostrom's excellent book "Superintelligence" is the best thing I’ve seen on this topic
The Making of a Manager
Sam AltmansourceGives new managers the tools they need to help their people and company win
Anna Karenina
Skunk Works
The Republic
The Beginning of Infinity
The Score Takes Care of Itself
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Blitzscaling
Sam AltmansourceI got to read an early copy of this, and have been waiting for it to come out so that I can recommend it to everyone
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
The Fall
Winning
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
Sam AltmansourceA valuable resource for any founder who wants to work with VCs
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
A Pattern Language
The Beak of the Finch
Hunger of Memory
The Transit of Venus
Dealers of Lightning
The Old Way
Molecular Biology of the Cell
The Constitutional Convention
The Trial of Socrates
A Life Decoded
Solution Selling
Hold 'em Poker
The Principia
Plan B 3.0
Medieval Technology and Social Change
The Supermen
Plentiful Energy
Guns, Sails, and Empires
Powering the Future
Pandaemonium 1660–1886
Fundamentals of Plasma Physics
Mind of Napoleon
Sam AltmansourceAn incredible primary-source portrait on a brilliant (but obviously deeply flawed) individual
The Art of War in the Middle Ages
Best books recommended by Sam Altman (updated 2024) – must-read for entrepreneurs, creatives and enthusiasts of innovation.