Altman

American

[awlt-muhn] / ˈɔlt mən /

noun

Robert, 1925–2006, U.S. film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Sidney, 1939–2022, U.S. biologist, born in Canada: shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989.

Altman British

/ ˈɔːltmən /

noun

Robert. US film director, 1925–2006; his films include M*A*S*H (1970), Nashville (1975), Short Cuts (1994), and Gosford Park (2001)

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Chief executive Dario Amodei founded Anthropic after working several years at OpenAI, a company he left after disagreements with its chief executive Sam Altman.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Like Silicon Valley billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman and Peter Thiel, Putin has long been fascinated with antiaging research.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The reversals from rivals Altman and Amodei come as their companies -- OpenAI and Anthropic -- are expected to embark on high-profile IPOs that will require broad buy-in from investors to succeed.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

Altman built one of the most powerful organizations in the world.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

Annie Altman was at Pine Mountain because she chose to enroll at the school.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

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