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Why Did OpenAI Pay for School Lunches? · Masters of Scale

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Reid Hoffman and OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar on where AI goes from here

Few companies have as much influence over AI’s trajectory as OpenAI. Reid Hoffman sits down with CFO Sarah Friar to understand the precipice of the moment we are in and the decisions that could shape what comes next for each of us.This conversation was recorded live as part of Masters of Scale Summit on October 21, 2026, at the Presidio Theatre in San…

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  1. Why Is ChatGPT Free? at 5:20

    Sarah Friar says ChatGPT stays free for about 90% of its 1.2 billion weekly users because OpenAI is building a business that can pay for that access. Full answer

  2. What Percent of ChatGPT Users Ask Health Questions? at 11:49

    Sarah Friar says about a third of ChatGPT's 1.2 billion weekly users ask a health or wellness question every week. Full answer

  3. Why Does OpenAI Hold Back Cyber Models? at 16:18

    Sarah Friar says OpenAI has held back models that are very cyber capable until the team is sure. Full answer

  4. How Much More AI Do the Top Companies Use? at 20:29

    Sarah Friar says frontier firms, the top 10% of companies in the world, use about 8 times as many agentic tokens on the OpenAI platform as an average firm. Full answer

  5. What Share of a Job Do People Use ChatGPT for? at 25:38

    Sarah Friar says people use ChatGPT for only about 40% of what their job title says, because the work inside a job is changing along with the job. Full answer

  6. Why Did OpenAI Pay for School Lunches? at 29:12

    Sarah Friar says OpenAI paid for free school lunches because a Georgia community asked for them out of an $80 million grant. Full answer

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