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OpenAI was initially founded as a nonprofit organization by Altman, Greg Brockman, Elon Musk, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Infosys, and YC Research.
OpenAI’s own 2015 launch post distinguishes its founders from its donors. Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, AWS, Infosys, and YC Research were listed as donors, not founders, and Microsoft was not listed in that launch announcement at all.
Full reasoning
OpenAI’s official launch announcement does not say the organization was founded by the full list in this sentence. Instead, it says Sam Altman and Elon Musk were co-chairs, Greg Brockman was CTO, and it separately lists the group’s other founding members. In a different paragraph, the same announcement says that Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Amazon Web Services, Infosys, and YC Research were donating to support OpenAI. That means this Wikipedia sentence incorrectly turns several donors into founders. It also incorrectly includes Microsoft, which is not listed in the launch announcement’s donor/founder breakdown at all.
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- Introducing OpenAI | OpenAI
OpenAI’s co-chairs are Sam Altman and Elon Musk... Our CTO is Greg Brockman... The group’s other founding members are... Sam, Greg, Elon, Reid Hoffman, Jessica Livingston, Peter Thiel, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infosys, and YC Research are donating to support OpenAI.
WorldCoin has never been offered in the United States
This is incorrect as of April 30, 2025. World announced that its services launched in the U.S., including World ID verification and access to the Worldcoin (WLD) airdrop in multiple U.S. cities.
Full reasoning
World’s own announcement says the project launched in the United States on April 30, 2025. The post states that World is “now available in the USA,” that Americans can verify their World ID in six U.S. cities, and that eligible users can claim the Worldcoin (WLD) airdrop. The same page notes some geography-based restrictions (for example, New York), but that is very different from saying Worldcoin has never been offered in the United States.
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- World Launches in the USA, at Last | World
World - the largest human-centered identity and financial network - is now available in the USA... Americans can now verify their World ID beginning in six key innovation hubs ... and claim the Worldcoin (WLD) airdrop... WLD is not available ... in the State of New York or other restricted territories.