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So before founding OpenAI and leading Y Combinator, Sam Altman founded Loopt!
Loopt was a location-based social media app launched by @sama in 2005.
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Privacy Concerns could have been solved easily. Main issue imo was network effect.. Everyone used Facebook and Myspace and shifting to new platform was what made it tough.
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