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Stanford University

Private research university in Stanford, California.

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  1. alumni and students Sam Altman (computer science student) c. 2003–2005

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  • Stanley Wojcicki 1966 professor of physics; department chair 1982–1985 and 2004–2007 Primary record 12

alumni and students

  • Sam Altman c. 2003–2005 computer science student Primary record 345

    He studied computer science for two years and left to work full time on Loopt.

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  1. 1966 Stanley Wojcicki worked at Stanford University
  2. c. 2003–2005 Sam Altman educated at Stanford University
Proof 6 sources
  1. Professor Stanley Wojcicki has died at age 86, Stanford University, 5 Jun 2023. Primary record
    In 1966 Stan joined the physics department at Stanford as an assistant professor
  2. Stanley Wojcicki 1937–2023, CERN Courier, 23 Aug 2023. Scholarship & press
    Stan was appointed assistant professor in the physics department at Stanford in 1966, advanced to full professor in 1974, served as chair from 1982–1985
  3. Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny, The New Yorker, 3 Oct 2016. Scholarship & press
    He attended Stanford University, where he spent two years studying computer science, until he and two classmates dropped out to work full time on Loopt, a mobile app that told your friends where you were.
  4. Sam Altman, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 24 Dec 2024. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    In 2005, after leaving Stanford, he founded Loopt, an app that allowed users to share their location with friends.
  5. Loopt: board of directors, Loopt, 2008. Primary record Archived copy
    Sam studied computer science at Stanford University, focusing on security and machine learning.
  6. Google Receives $25 Million in Equity Funding, Google, 7 Jun 1999. Primary record
    Other investors include Stanford University; Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems and current Vice President at Cisco Systems; and Ram Shriram, former President of Junglee and current Vice President of Business Development at Amazon.com.
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