1985年生于芝加哥,在密苏里州 Clayton 长大。就读 John Burroughs School,后进入斯坦福大学计算机科学专业,但两年后辍学(2005)。19岁联合创办 Loopt(基于位置的社交网络创业公司,融资超 3000 万美元,2012年以 4340 万美元被 Green Dot 收购)。2011年加入 Y Combinator 任合伙人,2014年接替 Paul Graham 出任总裁。2015年联合创办 OpenAI(最初为非营利 AI 研究实验室),2019年3月出任 CEO,带领其转型为 ChatGPT(2022年11月发布)和 GPT-4 背后的公司。2023年11月17日被 OpenAI 董事会解雇,但仅 5 天后在一场员工集体反对中复职,770 名员工中超过 700 人威胁离职。
Born 1985 in Chicago, grew up in Clayton, Missouri. Attended John Burroughs School, then enrolled at Stanford for Computer Science but dropped out after two years (2005). Co-founded Loopt at age 19, a location-based social networking startup (raised $30M+, acquired by Green Dot for $43.4M in 2012). Joined Y Combinator as a partner (2011) and became its president in 2014, succeeding Paul Graham. Co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a nonprofit AI research lab, became CEO in March 2019 and led its transformation into the company behind ChatGPT (launched Nov 2022) and GPT-4. Fired by the OpenAI board on November 17, 2023, but was reinstated just five days later after a dramatic employee revolt where over 700 of 770 staff threatened to leave.