Exclusive Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman from the company’s Stargate campus. 6/1/26

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David Faber interviews OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at the groundbreaking of a new data center in Michigan.

CNBC’s David Faber sat down with Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, at the groundbreaking for the $16 billion data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan, on Monday. Kelly Evans & Brian Sullivan discussed the market action back at CNBC’s global headquarters and were joined by Eamon Javers who reported the latest Iran War headlines from Washington and Kate Rooney who broke down Anthropic’s confidential IPO filing with the SEC.

People in this episode

Host: David Faber

Guest: Sam Altman

Topics covered

• OpenAI
• data center
• market action
• IPO filing
• Iran War
• interview

Keywords

• OpenAI
• Sam Altman
• data center
• IPO
• Iran War
• CNBC
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, CNBC, Anthropic

Places: Iran, Saline Township, Michigan

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