Sam confirmed he owns zero OpenAI shares, and he is building OpenAI & AGI because he loves it. People love conspiracy theories. People love to hate the rich. But many do things not (just) for money, but to live an interesting and impactful life. Hope you find your passion too.

He indirectly owns some oai shares through YC, but if he really wants to make money, he could get 5% of OpenAI’s equity (which I think he deserves that). Also, Elon should own some shares too. He donated the first $100M when oai was a non-profit and attracted people like Ilya.