OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats

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Source: CNBC

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted on X Friday, saying he finds himself “politically homeless” as the Democratic party is no longer aligned with encouraging a “culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.”

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“We should encourage people to make tons of money and then also find ways to widely distribute wealth and share the compounding magic of capitalism,” he wrote. “One doesn’t work without the other; you cannot raise the floor and not also raise the ceiling for very long.”

Altman, 40, said he’s believed this ideology since he was 20, and that Democrats were aligned with it then but have since lost the plot and have completely “moved somewhere else at this point.”

“I’d rather hear from candidates about how they are going to make everyone have the stuff billionaires have instead of how they are going to eliminate billionaires,” Altman wrote.

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Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/04/openai-altman-july-4-zohran-mamdani.html

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I'd like to hear Sam explain how he and his fellow AI bros - and the venture capitalists keeping them afloat - plan to "widely distribute" their wealth.

Anyway, he's apparently reacting to what Mamdani said - that he doesn't think billionaires should exist.