# OpenAI founder

entity: /record/openai.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/openai/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-07  

As of November 7, 2026, OpenAI's founders on the AsOf record are John Schulman and Ilya Sutskever, each a claim of its own with its date, from 5 sources in all. The record holds 5 claims on OpenAI's founder, 5 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-07.

- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founder | John Schulman | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_966D7503DA0C](/claim/clm_966D7503DA0C.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200, https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/11/non-profit-openai-launches-with-backing-from-elon-musk-and-sam-altman/, https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/04/20/chatgpt-architect-berkeley-alum-john-schulman-on-his-journey-with-ai/
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founder | [Ilya Sutskever](/record/ilya-sutskever.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_FD95027EF7A8](/claim/clm_FD95027EF7A8.md)
  sources: https://futureoflife.org/recent-news/openai-announced/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200, https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsoft-invests-1-billion-openai-vows-build-ai-technology-platform-unprecedented-scale/

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founder | Pamela Vagata | valid undated to present | conf 0.65 | unverified | [clm_05899C9A6FF1](/claim/clm_05899C9A6FF1.md)
  sources: https://futureoflife.org/recent-news/openai-announced/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founder | Trevor Blackwell | valid undated to present | conf 0.65 | unverified | [clm_3940950EEC1E](/claim/clm_3940950EEC1E.md)
  sources: https://futureoflife.org/recent-news/openai-announced/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founder | Sam Altman | valid undated to present | conf 0.75 | unverified | [clm_61DE1C2F1E0E](/claim/clm_61DE1C2F1E0E.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200, https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsoft-invests-1-billion-openai-vows-build-ai-technology-platform-unprecedented-scale/
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founder | John Schulman | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_966D7503DA0C](/claim/clm_966D7503DA0C.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200, https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/11/non-profit-openai-launches-with-backing-from-elon-musk-and-sam-altman/, https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/04/20/chatgpt-architect-berkeley-alum-john-schulman-on-his-journey-with-ai/
- [OpenAI](/record/openai.md) | founder | [Ilya Sutskever](/record/ilya-sutskever.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_FD95027EF7A8](/claim/clm_FD95027EF7A8.md)
  sources: https://futureoflife.org/recent-news/openai-announced/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21708200, https://www.geekwire.com/2019/microsoft-invests-1-billion-openai-vows-build-ai-technology-platform-unprecedented-scale/

## Questions this record answers

### Who are OpenAI's founders?

John Schulman (undated) and Ilya Sutskever (undated), as the record asserts them on November 7, 2026.


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