OpenAI’s CEO just dropped a reflective post marking ten years since the organization’s founding—a decade that started with 15 nerds in a room and ended with ChatGPT, GPT-4, and AGI becoming a mainstream topic. He admits it was a ‘crazy, unlikely, unprecedented’ mission, but against all odds, they now actually have a shot at succeeding. The early days were about building culture, figuring out what worked (Dota 1v1, sentiment neurons, RL from human feedback), and scaling up deep learning. The last three years since ChatGPT launched have been intense, stressful, and full of responsibility. The CEO notes that while daily life hasn’t changed drastically, the possibility space has shifted enormously. Why it matters: This is a rare, personal look at how a decade of relentless experimentation—from failures to foundational breakthroughs—turned a fringe AI research group into a global force that’s reshaping how we think about intelligence and technology.