Sam Altman
Sam Altman is named in 11 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2024 to 2026.
Sam Altman on the timeline
11 events · 2016–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | Trump Gulf Tour: $2.2T AI/Tech Pledges; Chip Export Ban Reversed for UAE and Saudi Arabia
2 src Donald Trump · Mohammed bin Salman · Mohammed bin Zayed · Sheikh Tamim al-Thani · +8 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-16 | Broad Tech Coalition Files Amicus Briefs Supporting Anthropic — TechNet Warns Procurement Now "Contingent on Political Favor"
3 src TechNet · Sam Altman · OpenAI · Google · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-08 | EFF and The Intercept Find OpenAI's Pentagon Deal Surveillance Guardrails Unenforceable, Warning of AI-Powered Domestic Surveillance Risk
5 src OpenAI · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense · Electronic Frontier Foundation · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-07 | OpenAI Robotics Chief Caitlin Kalinowski Resigns Over Pentagon Deal, Citing Surveillance and Autonomous Weapons Concerns
6 src OpenAI · Caitlin Kalinowski · Sam Altman · U.S. Department of Defense | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-05 | Anthropic Reopens Pentagon Talks as Defense Experts Warn Blacklist Sets Dangerous Precedent for AI Safety
6 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | OpenAI Revises Pentagon Deal After Surveillance Loophole Backlash, Critics Remain Unconvinced
6 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Katrina Mulligan | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-27 | OpenAI Strikes Pentagon Deal Hours After Trump Blacklists Anthropic, Drawing Backlash
5 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-25 | Tech Billionaires Block Trump Military Deployment to San Francisco
2 src Jensen Huang · Marc Benioff · Mayor Daniel Lurie · Sam Altman · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-04-15 | Trump Donors Seek Greenland Investment Opportunities
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Zuckerberg · Sam Altman · Jeff Bezos · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-28 | OpenAI Launches ChatGPT Gov, Defining Federal AI Product Surface Eight Days into Trump-2
3 src OpenAI · Sam Altman · U.S. Federal Government · Microsoft Azure Government | confirmed | |
| 2024-08-31 | OpenAI Signs AI Safety Institute Testing Agreement
3 src Sam Altman · OpenAI · U.S. AI Safety Institute · NIST · +2 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
OpenAI
8× shared
U.S. Department of Defense
5× shared
Anthropic
2× shared
Donald Trump
2× shared
Jensen Huang
2× shared
Pete Hegseth
2× shared
AMD
1× shared
Alexandr Wang
1× shared
Amazon
1× shared
Biden-Harris administration
1× shared
Caitlin Kalinowski
1× shared
Dario Amodei
1× shared
Drew Horn
1× shared
Electronic Frontier Foundation
1× shared
Elizabeth Kelly
1× shared
Elon Musk
1× shared
Google
1× shared
Howard Lutnick
1× shared
Humain
1× shared
Jeff Bezos
1× shared
Katrina Mulligan
1× shared
Larry Fink
1× shared
Marc Benioff
1× shared
Mark Zuckerberg
1× shared
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