There may be no more important business leader these days than OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. : Please try using other words for your search or explore other sections of the website for relevant information. Altman's company kicked off the artificial intelligence (AI) boom with the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, and since then it's remained at the cutting edge of generative artificial intelligence. It's received an estimated $13 billion in investments from Microsoft and forged a close partnership with the tech giant, powering AI on products like Azure, Github, and Office.