Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Fortune
Fortune
Jessica Mathews

Sam Altman quietly got $75M from the University of Michigan for a new venture capital fund earlier this year

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (Credit: Justin Sullivan—Getty Images)

Just a few months after the artificial-intelligence-powered chatbot ChatGPT went live, the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, filed registration materials for a new venture capital fund.

That fund, his venture firm Hydrazine Capital’s fourth fund, was launched in March, and sometime before the end of June got a check from one of Silicon Valley’s more noteworthy limited partners, the University of Michigan’s $17.9 billion endowment, which has also invested directly in OpenAI and in OpenAI’s corporate venture fund, according to public filings and documents obtained by Fortune via a Freedom of Information Act request. That check is the second investment the University of Michigan has made into Altman's venture capital firm.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.