Get Sam Altman on The Joe Rogan Experience

With OpenAI in the headlines right now, Sam Altman said on July 9, 2026 that the company made “many changes” during talks with U.S. officials before releasing its newest models, amid reporting that OpenAI even floated donating 5% equity to a U.S. fund.

Yesterday, July 14, 2026, he warned that the new flagship GPT-5.6 Sol could see “hiccups” as demand explodes, which makes a long, unscripted Rogan interview the place to pin down timelines, safety tradeoffs, and who gets access first.

In a CNBC interview last week he said OpenAI’s newest system is 54 percent more efficient on agentic tasks than Anthropic’s, while reporting indicates OpenAI is targeting $25 to $33 billion in annualized revenue, so the competitive and economic stakes are immediate.

Altman has been on JRE before, episode #2044 on October 6, 2023, and bringing him back now, after executive turbulence like Fidji Simo stepping down, is the moment to get real answers, so back this pick and support the nomination today.