Sam Altman
HQ Location: USA
RANK #89
Sam Altman was the president of Y Combinator until 2019, is CEO of OpenAl, and was the cofounder of Loopt, a location-based social networking app, which was part of YC's first batch in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012.
Prior to taking over as Y Combinator's president, Altman was a part-time partner at Y Combinator since 2011. You can read Altman's essays on startups and technology at his blog.
Altman has consistently been recognized for his entrepreneurship. He was featured in Inc. Magazine's Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 and BusinessWeek's Tech's Best Entrepreneurs.
As an early innovator in mobile location services, Altman joined Apple CEO Steve Jobs on stage at WWDC 2008, presenting Loopt as one of the first applications in the iPhone App Store.
Altman has been a valuable source for many media outlets including Charlie Rose, CNN, The Economist, New York Times, Wall Street Journal and numerous others
Numbers of Unicorns
18
3061
Rank (Xs)
#89
Investments
118
Exits
29
Numbers of Unicorns
18
3061
Rank (Xs)
#89
Investments
118
Exits
29
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Company name
ENTRY ROUND
VALUATION at entry ($M)
VALUATION
OpenAI
OpenAI
Seed
$6M
833
$5000M
SingleStore
SingleStore
$9M
147
$1320M
Boom Supersonic
Boom Supersonic
Series 1
$17M
71
$1210M
Coalition
Coalition
Series A
$25M
202
$5050M
Gusto
Gusto
Seed
$25M
385
$9630M
Titan
Titan
Series A
$40M
27
$1080M
Patreon
Patreon
Series A
$50.5M
84
$4250M
Cruise
Cruise
Series A
$67.58M
444
$30000M
Flexport
Flexport
$75.16M
106
$8000M
Instacart
Instacart
Series B
$336M
134
$45000M
Series B
$450M
33
$15000M
Asana
Asana
Series C
$550M
8
$4430M
Quora
Quora
$820M
2
$2000M
Wave (Financial Software)
Wave (Financial Software)
Series A
$1500M
1
$1700M
Cerebras Systems
Cerebras Systems
Series D
$1620M
3
$4250M
Neuralink
Neuralink
Series C
$1900M
1
$2110M
Helion Energy
Helion Energy
Series E
$3200M
1
$3700M
Opendoor
Opendoor
Series A
$3500M
2
$5800M
All $100M+
Company name
ENTRY ROUND
VALUATION at entry ($M)
VALUATION
3568
Nervana Systems
$5.9M
69
$408M
14
1910 Genetics
$7.1M
15
$110M
705
Brinc
Series A1
$7.82M
53
$415M
4600
Rescale
Series 1
$8M
23
$182M
706
BRINC Drones
$9M
14
$125M
4207
PlanGrid
Series AA
$9.99M
78
$777.6M
5787
TrueNorth
$11.4M
22
$250M
1057
Codecademy
$12M
32
$385.98M
5405
Superside
$12M
44
$530M
159
Almanac
$14M
11
$153.88M
4004
Panorama Education
Series AA
$15M
47
$700M
1053
Coco
$20M
26
$511M
6015
Virool
Series AA
$22.1M
5
$119.95M
2300
Heap
Series A
$27M
36
$960M
6397
ZeroDown
$28M
7
$182.98M
3534
Nautilus Labs
Series A
$29M
3
$100.5M
1015
Clever
Series A
$30M
17
$500M
3034
Lob
Series A
$30M
13
$390M
1770
Exec
Series A
$30.9M
8
$260M
1826
FarmLogs
Series B
$39.19M
3
$106M
3339
Meter (IT Consulting and Outsourcing)
Series A
$40M
6
$238M
5743
TripleByte
$50M
3
$135M
4473
Rain Neuromorphics
$55M
2
$115M
320
Aspen Neuroscience
Series A
$60M
6
$387.5M
5242
Spring Discovery
Series A
$60M
2
$140M
4330
Presto
Series C
$99.99M
5
$538M
1127
Conception
Series A
$100M
1
$111.55M
4737
Routable
Series B
$100M
1
$130M
2496
Humane
Series A
$120M
8
$900M
3901
Optimizely
Series A
$133M
5
$600M
4710
roboflow
Series A
$135M
1
$155.52M
912
Change.org
Series C
$139.98M
2
$260M
5970
Vicarious
Series B
$220.82M
2
$400M
98
Airlift Technologies
$275M
1
$275M
2353
Hermeus
Series B
$300M
1
$400M
5725
Trialspark
Series B
$300M
3
$990M
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