Relentless podcast: Sam Altman says 'we are now, like, in the singularity'

X post by Ti Morse on July 25, 2026 sharing his first interview with Sam Altman on the Relentless podcast (chapters on trusting exponentials, abundant intelligence, suppliers). In it Altman said "We are now, like, in the singularity... This is the moment," while adding that "any one moment is not the tipping point", consistent with his 2025 "Gentle Singularity" view. The remark drew wide coverage (Fortune 2026-07-27, which set it against the Hugging Face breach; Al Jazeera; Futurism; several Forbes pieces), and Andrew Curran's clip (x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2081090032446881958) spread it. There is no standalone Altman tweet; the source is the interview. Verified via the X syndication endpoint (ti_morse, 2026-07-25T17:26Z; quoted by AndrewCurran_).

My first interview with @sama, Co-Founder of @OpenAI.

0:04 How to start a startup 3:30 Trusting exponentials 4:57 Operating in chaotic environments 6:12 Learning to enjoy painful experiences 8:03 Creating abundant intelligence 11:15 Keeping core suppliers on OpenAI’s timelines 12:10 Invention of the joint-stock company 15:30 The best CEOs aren’t sociopaths 16:46 We are in the singularity 18:09 AI authoritarianism vs liberty 19:24 Texting 300-400 people a day 20:32 Having a small number of deep beliefs about the future 21:41 Critical path 22:25 Thinking about what’s next 23:38 Getting on planes in marginal situations 28:16 Buying lots of compute 30:51 Ambition 34:00 Google shouldn’t have let OpenAI survive 37:54 Having his life shot through a cannon after the launch of ChatGPT 41:20 The growth of Codex 42:02 The Death Star tweet 44:46 Status games and desire to be useful 47:57 Not being ambitious enough on compute investments 50:26 Execution 51:45 Ask for what you want 54:11 First few weeks of OpenAI 55:15 Shutting down Sora to focus on Codex 57:44 Designing beautiful products 59:01 Getting addicted to TikTok 1:01:03 Inventing a new device 1:02:53 Try to get better at your strengths 1:05:57 Masa is an n of 1 1:07:11 Real trends vs fake trends

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