Sam Altman just got hit from two sides at once. The OpenAI CEO, who also chairs the nuclear startup Oklo Inc., saw his lesser-known company take a nosedive on Jan. 27 and 28, losing 26% of its value.

After several days of silence, OpeNAI CEO Sam Altman has finally collected himself, and spoken out about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek throwing Silicon Valley into sheer chaos. The company's R1 AI model scared investors this week,

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the AI startup will release better models than those of China's DeepSeek, whose powerful low-cost AI model triggered a tech selloff in the U.S. and called into question Silicon Valley's lead in the global AI race.