In a series of posts on X on Thursday, Paul Graham, the co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator, brushed off claims that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was pressured to resign as president of Y ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wasn't fired from his position as Y Combinator president in 2019, the startup accelerator's cofounder Paul Graham said on Thursday. "People have been claiming YC fired Sam ...

Sam Altman was not fired from storied startup incubator Y Combinator, but he was forced to choose between the firm and OpenAI, one of the accelerator’s four founders said on Thursday ...

Paul Graham, co-founder of Y Combinator, has taken to X, formerly Twitter, to clear the air about Sam Altman’s departure from the startup accelerator. What Happened: Graham refuted claims that ...

Sam Altman was a founder in Y Combinator's very first batch. He was also its president and CEO from 2014 to 2019. But he was never on YC's board, according to the incubator, despite claiming to be ...

Sam Altman is stepping aside as president of Y Combinator, the famed Silicon Valley accelerator that has spawned some 1,900 companies. Y Combinator said in a blog post Altman will shift to the ...

A founder turned partner and president at Y Combinator ... wearing layered neon pink and green polo shirts — but the price tag was relatively modest: $43 million. Altman poured some of the ...

Y Combinator founder Paul Graham said the startup accelerator didn't fire Sam Altman. Altman had roles at OpenAI and Y Combinator before he left the latter in 2019. "We didn't want him to leave ...