Sam Altman invested in TrialSpark, announced on 2021-09-30.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
True: a dated record shows that Altman personally invested in TrialSpark and announced it on or around 2021-09-30, for example a tweet from him on that date, or a TrialSpark funding announcement listing him as an investor. Mostly true: he invested, but the announcement date is off by a few days, or the investment was made through a vehicle he controls. Mixed: the evidence shows only a related tie, such as investment through a fund he does not control, or an advisory role. Mostly false: there is only an expressed intent to invest, with no completed investment. False: records show he was not an investor in TrialSpark.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 TrialSpark raises $156MM Series C Funding led by Sam Altman and Lachy Groom PRNewswire (issued by TrialSpark) · 30 September 2021
“TrialSpark announced today that it has raised $156MM in Series C funding. Sam Altman and Lachy Groom led the round, with participation from new and existing investors, including Sequoia Capital”
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E2 Fenwick Represents TrialSpark in $156M Series C Financing | Fenwick Fenwick & West LLP · 30 September 2021
“Fenwick represented TrialSpark, a technology-driven pharma company that runs end-to-end clinical trials, in its $156 million Series C financing. The round was led by Sam Altman and Lachy Groom”
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E3 TrialSpark Venture Capital and Private Equity Financings VC News Daily (Massinvestor, Inc.)
“09/30/21 | $156,000,000 | Series C | ArrowMark Partners<br>Casdin Capital<br>Dragoneer Investment Group<br>Felicis Ventures<br>John Doerr<br>Lachy Groom<br>Sam Altman”
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E4 Where OpenAI CEO Sam Altman invests Leadpanda · 28 September 2024
“Altman invested in the company in a Series B round in October 2018 and a Series C round in September 2021.”
Reasoning
TrialSpark's press release dated 2021-09-30 [E1] says it raised a $156MM Series C round led by Sam Altman and Lachy Groom. Fenwick's deal note from the same date [E2] says the same, and the VC News Daily funding database [E3] lists Sam Altman among the investors in the Series C dated 09/30/21. Together these meet the true criterion: a dated funding announcement names Altman personally as an investor on that date.
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Sam Altman, “Sam Altman invested in TrialSpark, announced on 2021-09-30.” (said 30 September 2021). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_e79e6c785e24, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_e79e6c785e24
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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“he later decided that we weren’t on a trajectory to be successful and he didn’t want to.”
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“He helped us start OpenAI.”
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“When we started, it was four and a half years before we had our first product and it was very uncertain.”
When OpenAI started, it took four and a half years before it had its first product.
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