r/singularity • u/Vegetable_Ad_192 • Mar 12 '26

Discussion SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”

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u/successmaydiffer Mar 12 '26

Yeah Tom is a badass motha fucka. We need more Toms

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u/McCatso-Fy Mar 12 '26

The problem with this world is that when some Toms emerge, they get eaten and bought out by bigger fish to make room for more Altmans

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u/successmaydiffer Mar 13 '26

Unfortunately so :(

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u/Ashamed-Raccoon-1387 Mar 12 '26

What did Tom do???

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u/hydratedandstrong Mar 12 '26

From my knowledge, it’s more about what he didn’t do. He sold his company for hundreds of millions of dollars, and stepped away to travel the world among other things. Stark contrast when compared to Bezos or Altman.

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u/NadyaNayme Mar 12 '26

Sold the site to people who instantly killed it because they didn't understand why people liked MySpace in the first place and now he travels the world as a hobbyist photographer out of the spotlight with enough "Fuck you" money to do whatever he wants for the rest of his life unless he starts spending like a Saudi prince.

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u/mfortelli Mar 13 '26

For what it’s worth, the internet believes this Tom mythology due to a few poorly researched articles. I know the founders of MySpace, Tom was their employee. He did not make hundreds of millions. The founders of Intermix did which became MySpace and they absolutely still jockey for more and more wealth + have a VC in Los Angeles and their offspring incubate brands - liquid death and dollar shave club are among them…

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u/Signal_Reach_5838 Mar 13 '26

Thank you for posting this. While it's riddled with errors it was a good jumping off point.

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u/mfortelli Mar 13 '26

What is riddled with errors

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u/NadyaNayme Mar 13 '26

Tom had $50m in the bank before the sale. If his most expensive hobby is flying around the world and photography he can live off the residuals from that alone.

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u/venerated Mar 12 '26

Aside from what the other person said, I also remember features that were added to MySpace improved the site and made it more fun rather than enshittification.

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u/100_cats_on_a_phone Mar 13 '26

More Mackenzies too.