Sam Altman

Sam Altman

PERSON Technology / Software Momentum 21.0ML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features: mention velocity, article breadth, relationship density, deal context, recency, market cap, enrichment completeness, mention concentration, entity type. NORMALPSI regime classification. QUIET (<0.3): baseline activity. NORMAL (0.3-0.5): typical deal flow. ELEVATED (0.5-0.7): above-average signals. HIGH (0.7-0.85): significant activity. EXTREME (>0.85): exceptional signal concentration. Primary: Spectral Shift

Sam Altman leads OpenAI (San Francisco), the AI research company valued at $157B that operates ChatGPT and GPT model family with $3.4B+ revenue run rate as of Q4 2025. Recent signal shows Altman advising founders (Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas) and engaging White House on AI regulation pace, while key lieutenant Brad Lightcap departed to launch independent venture.

Brad Lightcap, Sam Altman's close aide and OpenAI President, departed to start new venture. Signal suggests internal leadership transition at OpenAI.

0.58

PSI ScorePlocamium Signal Index - composite z-score from 5 orthogonal signals: news frequency, targeted sentiment, graph centrality, regulatory filings, and clinical trial activity.

21.0

MomentumML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features including mention velocity, article breadth, deal context, and relationship density. Retrained weekly.

ConfidenceSignal confidence - percentage of PSI sub-signals with sufficient data (30+ observations). Higher confidence means the PSI score is based on more complete data.

ConnectionsDegree centrality - number of unique entities this entity co-occurs with in news signals and articles. Higher = more connected in the intelligence network.

Sam Altman is graph community structure is reorganizing around this entity — relationship patterns are changing (primary driver: Spectral Shift).

PSI Intelligence

30-Day Trend

Signal Decomposition

Attention Cascade

0.235

Narrative Drift

0.087

Spectral Shift

214.804

Sentiment-Momentum Divergence

0.000

Source Concentration

0.296

Signal

Sam Altman is graph community structure is reorganizing around this entity — relationship patterns are changing (primary driver: Spectral Shift).

Driver

Ranked #32 of 147 in Technology — in line with sector peers. PSI down 0.40 from yesterday (1.01 -> 0.61).

Action

Baseline conditions. Continue standard monitoring cadence.

Peer Comparison

32 of 147

Sector Rank

+0.97

Peer Z-Score

79%

Sector Percentile

Network Analysis

41 Degree Centrality

Ego Network (top connections)

Centrality History

Entity	Weight	Status
OpenAI	570	STRENGTHENED
Elon Musk	267	STABLE
Musk	184	STABLE
CEO	88	STABLE
San Francisco	68	NEW
AP	34	STABLE
White House	31	STABLE
Financial Times	30	NEW
Anthropic	27	NEW
President	26	STABLE
Tesla	25	STABLE
SpaceX	25	STABLE
Trump administration	23	STABLE
Microsoft	23	STABLE
Amazon	20	STABLE
California	18	STABLE
Florida	18	NEW
United States	17	STABLE
WASHINGTON	13	STABLE
US government	12	NEW
Nvidia	10	NEW
Capitol Hill	10	NEW
Alphabet	10	STABLE
Apple	10	STABLE
Texas	10	STABLE
Hollywood	9	NEW
Washington	8	STABLE
AFP	8	STABLE
Wall Street	7	STABLE
Reuters	6	STABLE

Article Coverage (0)

Date	Lane	Title
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