- Sam Altman announced in a late February post on X that his son had been born prematurely.
- In a Tuesday update, the OpenAI CEO said his company is no longer his proudest accomplishment.
- “Turns out I am now more proud of a preemie baby for learning how to eat on his own!” Altman wrote.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, in a Tuesday post on X, shared his first update about his infant son, who was born prematurely in late February, and declared his AI company is no longer his proudest accomplishment.
“Very proud of the openai team for what is perhaps the most impressive scientific/technical breakthrough of recent decades,” Altman wrote. “Thought that was the thing i’d always be most proud of in life.”
He added: “turns out i am now more proud of a preemie baby for learning how to eat on his own!”
Altman and his husband, software engineer Oliver Mulherin, welcomed their son, the couple’s first child, in late February. The pair, who live together in San Francisco, have led a relatively private relationship and have only publicly shared one previous statement about their child since his birth.
“He came early and is going to be in the nicu for awhile,” Altman wrote in the child’s birth announcement, referring to the neonatal intensive care unit, where newborns receive specialized medical treatment after birth. “He is doing well and it’s really nice to be in a little bubble taking care of him. i have never felt such love.”
The OpenAI CEO hasn’t said whether he plans to take paternity leave, but the new addition to his family has comes as the artificial intelligence company is in the middle of its transition away from a nonprofit entity. OpenAI announced plans in December to transfer control of daily operations to its for-profit subsidiary, in a move that has attracted legal challenges from OpenAI’s competitor Elon Musk.
Representatives for OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
