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A profile of William Savitt, Sam Altman's lead lawyer against Elon Musk, who represented Twitter against Musk in 2022 and helped OpenAI's for-profit transition (Jacob Shamsian/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/william-sa

He beat Elon Musk in court once. Sam Altman hired him to do it again.
A former cab driver and rock band singer, William Savitt is now at the top of an elite law firm with experience defeating Elon Musk in court.

Probably more room than most London flats, to be fair.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/923518/musk-altman-trial-openai-demis-hassabis-google-deepmind

Google’s AI architect lived rent-free in Elon Musk’s head
About a week into the Musk v. Altman trial, one thing is clear: DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis was constantly on Elon Musk’s mind, as well as others in his circle.

Filing: Elon Musk texted Greg Brockman about settling days before trial; after being denied, he said Brockman and Altman "will be the most hated men in America" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/04/musk-altman-open-ai-settlement-tr…

Musk texted OpenAI's Brockman about settlement two days before trial began
Elon Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 and sued the company, President Greg Brockman and CEO Sam Altman in 2024.

Founders Fund launches a TV-style game show featuring A-list founders and investors, including Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey, playing a game of Mafia (Tom Dotan/Newcomer)
https://www.newcomer.co/p/founders-funds-new-media-play-tech

Founders Fund's New Media Play: Tech Celebrities Playing Mafia
Do people want to watch the likes of Sam Altman, Trae Stephens & Palmer Luckey compete in a party game? We'll soon find out.

Source: OpenAI and White House are discussing a government stake in the company, to seed something like the "Public Wealth Fund" that OpenAI outlined earlier (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/trump-open-ai-altman-stake.html

Trump administration, OpenAI discussing possible government stake in the AI startup
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman first shared the idea with the Trump administration in 2025, according to a source.

Sam Altman says he has no plans to put money into the 2026 US midterms; OpenAI is seeking to distance itself from Greg Brockman-backed Leading the Future PAC (Emily Birnbaum/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Sources: US officials discussed the government taking stakes in major AI companies after Sam Altman pitched the idea; Altman met Bernie Sanders on Wednesday (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/u-s-officials-discuss-taking-financ…

Founders Fund launches a TV-style game show featuring A-list founders and investors, including Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey, playing a game of Mafia (Tom Dotan/Newcomer)
https://www.newcomer.co/p/founders-funds-new-media-play-tech

Founders Fund's New Media Play: Tech Celebrities Playing Mafia
Do people want to watch the likes of Sam Altman, Trae Stephens & Palmer Luckey compete in a party game? We'll soon find out.

Source: YC owns ~0.6% of OpenAI, which was seeded by a YC offshoot called YC Research in 2016; at OpenAI's current $852B valuation, the stake is worth $5B (John Gruber/Daring Fireball)
https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/y_combinators_stake_in_openai

Y Combinator’s Stake in OpenAI
The fact that Paul Graham personally has billions of dollars at stake with OpenAI doesn’t mean that his public opinion on Sam Altman’s trustworthiness and leadership is invalid. But it certainly seems like the sort of thing that ought to be disclosed when quoting Graham as an Altman character reference.

An interview with Sam Altman on OpenAI's massive Stargate data center project in Saline, Michigan, coding models being the biggest driver of AI demand, and more (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/cnbc-exclu

CNBC Exclusive: Transcript: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Speaks with CNBC’s David Faber on “Power Lunch” Today