Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen

Sam Altman is the guest for this weekend’s Lunch with the FT. Over pasta-infused garlic in his Napa Valley farmhouse, the OpenAI CEO discusses AI’s fearsome capabilities. We were particularly taken by the accompanying video: A man talks while cooking in a kitchen Like architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, FT Alphaville believes that close examination of details can reveal essential truths. And like the author Xavier de Maistre, we’re going to test our readers’ patience by grinding that conceit into dust. Here are three things we found out about Altman based on repeated watching of 22 uncomfortable seconds of his cooking prep. That’s Graza. It’s a trendy brand of olive oils from Jaén in southern Spain, the world’s olive-growing capital, that are sold through Whole Foods and direct. Cute packaging and squeeze-bottle convenience have helped build Graza’s following among Instagram types, but its big innovation was to split the range into easy-to-understand categories. There’s Sizzle, which

Sam Altman is the guest for this weekend’s Lunch with the FT. Over pasta-infused garlic in his Napa Valley farmhouse, the OpenAI CEO discusses AI’s fearsome capabilities. We were particularly taken by the accompanying video: A man talks while cooking in a kitchen Like architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, FT Alphaville believes that close examination of details can reveal essential truths. And like the author Xavier de Maistre, we’re going to test our readers’ patience by grinding that conceit into dust. Here are three things we found out about Altman based on repeated watching of 22 uncomfortab