Sam Altman Joins Transition Team for New San Francisco Mayor

San Francisco Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie assembled a transition team that includes OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman, leveraging influential local leaders as the political newcomer takes the reins of the city’s bureaucracy.

Altman is the highest-profile name on the incoming mayor’s 10-person transition team, which also includes Ned Segal, a onetime chief financial officer at Twitter and a co-chair of Lurie’s campaign. Other members include the former chief of staff to California Governor Gavin Newsom, former top officials in the fire and police departments and the chair of San Francisco’s Democratic Party.

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