Sam Altman on Zero-Person AI Companies, Sora, AGI Breakthroughs, and more

OpenAI just unveiled HUGE developer updates at DevDay 2025 - Apps in ChatGPT, Agent Builder, Sora API, and Codex updates that can handle day-long tasks.

I sat down with Sam Altman for an exclusive interview about going viral on Sora, zero-person companies, and why he believes early AGI-like breakthroughs are starting to happen NOW.

In this conversation, we unpack:

- Sam's Sora AI deepfakes going viral
- Zero-person billion dollar companies run by agents
- AI starting to make scientific discoveries on Twitter
- ChatGPT's 800M users and the new distribution platform

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:43 DevDay's biggest launches
2:10 Agent Builder vs GPT Builder
3:40 The no-code revolution for AI agents
5:20 Betting pool on zero-person companies
6:50 What would 20-year-old Sam build?
10:22 GPT-5 vs Claude on GDPval
11:30 When have we achieved AGI?
12:44 Scientific breakthroughs AI will solve
13:59 AI 'work slop' costs $186/employee
16:12 Sam's viral Sora memes
20:11 Revenue sharing for cameos
22:33 1B jobs are changing
24:35 What work looks like after AGI
25:44 Global AI safety framework
27:46 Most exciting agents to build

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