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Adam D'Angelo

American entrepreneur, CEO of Quora; an OpenAI board member since at least 2019.

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Adam D’Angelo
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  1. board member of OpenAI Mar 2019 –

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founded

  • Quora 2009 co-founder Scholarship & press 12

CEO of

  • Quora Primary record 345

    Sources from 2017 and 2023 call him Quora's CEO, and Forbes names him CEO during Wang's time there; when he became CEO is not stated.

board member of

invested in

  • Scale AI 5 Aug 2019 individual investor in the Series C Primary record 910

    TechCrunch (2019) describes him as Quora’s CEO.

Timeline 3 dates
  1. 2009 Adam D'Angelo founded Quora
  2. Mar 2019 – Adam D'Angelo board member of OpenAI
  3. 5 Aug 2019 Adam D'Angelo invested in Scale AI
Proof 10 sources
  1. Quora Raises $50M At $400M From Peter Thiel, D'Angelo Puts In $20M Of His Own Money, TechCrunch, 14 May 2012. Scholarship & press
    According to our own sources, Quora co-founder Adam D’Angelo put $20 million of his own money into the Series B financing.
  2. Meet the OpenAI board members that ousted Sam Altman, Fox Business, 21 Nov 2023. Scholarship & press
    D’Angelo, the CEO of Quora, co-founded the firm in 2009 after he previously served as the chief technology officer of Facebook.
  3. Q&A app Quora valued around $1.8 billion in $85 million fundraise, TechCrunch, 21 Apr 2017. Scholarship & press
    Quora co-founder and CEO Adam D’Angelo
  4. OpenAI announces leadership transition, OpenAI, 17 Nov 2023. Primary record
    independent directors Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo
  5. How Alexandr Wang turned an army of clickworkers into a $7.3 billion AI unicorn, Forbes (Australian edition; story by Kenrick Cai, Forbes Staff), 12 Apr 2023. Scholarship & press
    BEFORE COLLEGE, Wang moved to the Bay Area to work for internet startup Quora, where CEO Adam D’Angelo gave him a crucial piece of advice
  6. OpenAI LP, OpenAI, 11 Mar 2019. Primary record
    OpenAI Nonprofit’s board consists of OpenAI LP employees Greg Brockman (Chairman & CTO), Ilya Sutskever (Chief Scientist), and Sam Altman (CEO), and non-employees Adam D’Angelo, Holden Karnofsky, Reid Hoffman
  7. Sam Altman returns as CEO, OpenAI has a new initial board, OpenAI, 29 Nov 2023. Primary record
    I am returning to OpenAI as CEO. Mira will return to her role as CTO. The new initial board will consist of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D’Angelo.
  8. Review completed & Altman, Brockman to continue to lead OpenAI, OpenAI, 8 Mar 2024. Primary record
    They will work closely with current board members Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers and Bret Taylor as well as Greg, Sam, and OpenAI’s senior management.
  9. Scale AI’s Series C: Building the data platform to accelerate machine learning, Scale AI, 5 Aug 2019. Primary record
    Scale has raised $100m at a valuation of over $1B. Founders Fund led the round, supported by Accel, Coatue Management, Index Ventures, Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Kevin Systrom, Mike Krieger and Adam d’Angelo.
  10. Scale AI and its 22-year-old CEO lock down $100 million to label Silicon Valley's data, TechCrunch, 5 Aug 2019. Scholarship & press
    Instagram founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and Quora CEO Adam d’Angelo.
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