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Fortune
Alyson Shontell

What it’s like to be a founder of the most high-stakes startup ever, OpenAI

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Being a founder is difficult under any circumstances. You operate under a state of constant duress, scrambling to figure out a working business model while not getting crushed by incumbents, losing key talent, and striving to avoid failure. Mental and physical health can take a serious toll. It’s a journey full of extreme highs and lows.

Now imagine you’re not just a startup founder, but you are the founder of the leading company in the most transformative field in history: AI.

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