A post cites Paul Graham’s 2009 prediction that Sam Altman would build an Apple- or Google-scale company
bookwormengr · x · 2026-07-26
A post praising Paul Graham’s foresight cites a 2009 prediction that Sam Altman would one day build a company as large as Apple or Google. The point is less about a new product than about how early some observers saw Altman’s potential to create a company at that scale.
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