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AIWhat it’s like to be a founder of the most high-stakes startup ever, OpenAI

Greg Brockman, the cofounder and president of OpenAI, talks to Fortune Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell about the company’s business model, the recent Hugging Face hacking incident, and the pressure and responsibility of leading a transformative AI startup.

By Alyson ShontellJuly 25, 2026
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AI executives demand OpenAI release more details about how the Hugging Face hack happened
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AI executives demand OpenAI release more details about how the Hugging Face hack happened
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What it’s like to be a founder of the most high-stakes startup ever, OpenAI
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AI executives demand OpenAI release more details about how the Hugging Face hack happened
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