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Altman failed upward from Loopt[1], ending up running YCombinator somehow. Maybe Paul Graham just really likes him.

He is incredibly smart though which is clear from his talks and his writings. I don't mean to disparage him in any way. I was merely curious.

>He is incredibly smart though which is clear from his talks

Any specific non-start up talks I should listen to?

Because I listened to his start up talks, they are, ok I guess. I dont have anything negative or positive about it.

Lucky sob

"Open"AI, but no idea how they're doing.

> Did he have any successful startup?

He did not.

depends what you mean by "successful". loopt was fairly successful at collecting money from VC firms.