"Six years ago, I asked Sam Altman at a StrictlyVC event in San Francisco how OpenAI, with its complicated corporate structure, would make money. He said that someday, he'd ask the AI. When everyone snickered, he added, "You can laugh. It's all right. But it really is what I actually believe.""
"He wasn't kidding. Sitting again in front of an audience, this time across Max Hodak, the co-founder and CEO of Science Corp., I can't help but remember that moment with Altman. Pale-complexioned Hodak, wearing jeans and a black zip-up sweatshirt, looks more like he's going to jump into a mosh pit than pitch a company valued at hundreds of millions of dollars. But he's got a sly sense of humor that keeps the room engaged."
"Hodak started programming when he was six, and as an undergraduate at Duke, he worked his way into the lab of Miguel Nicolelis, a pioneering neuroscientist who has since become publicly critical of commercial brain-computer interface ventures. In 2016, Hodak co-founded Neuralink with Elon Musk, serving as its president and essentially running day-to-day operations until 2021."
Sam Altman predicted that someday people would ask AI how to make money and believed AI could answer that question. Max Hodak is the pale-complexioned co-founder and CEO of Science Corp., noted for a casual, engaging stage presence. Hodak began programming at age six and worked in Miguel Nicolelis's lab as an undergraduate at Duke. Hodak co-founded Neuralink in 2016 with Elon Musk, ran day-to-day operations as president until 2021, and later started Science Corp. with former Neuralink colleagues to pursue ambitious advances in neurotechnology while momentum builds alongside AI infrastructure and talent competition.
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