Sam Altman Feels ‘Politically Homeless’ As Frenemy Musk Proposes Third Celebration

Sam Altman is grappling along with his political alignment. The 40-year-old CEO of OpenAI, like a lot of his fellow tech executives in recent times, has expressed that he doesn’t really feel at house within the Democratic Celebration or the Republican Celebration. In an extended post on X, Altman lamented the truth that he’s now “politically homeless” and yearns for a technocratic utopia—one thing his as soon as buddy and present rival Elon Musk has additionally been calling for along with his push to type a 3rd social gathering. Hmm…attention-grabbing timing, yeah?

Altman, who claimed in his publish that he’s “not massive on identities,” mapped his political evolution over the past couple a long time—or moderately, how political events have developed to maneuver away from him. “The world ought to get richer yearly by means of science and expertise, however everybody needs to be within the ‘up elevator,’” he wrote. He additionally articulated his beliefs that free markets are extra environment friendly than authorities, that innovation and entrepreneurship are necessary, and that training is essential to America sustaining its edge. Fairly conventional libertarian fare, frankly.

“I believed this after I was 20, after I was 30, and now I’m 40 and nonetheless imagine it. The Democratic social gathering appeared fairly aligned with it after I was 20, shedding the plot after I was 30, and utterly to have moved some place else at this level. So now I’m politically homeless. However that’s high quality; I care a lot, way more about being American than any political social gathering,” Altman wrote.

I’m not massive on identities, however I’m extraordinarily proud to be American. That is true on daily basis, however particularly as we speak—I firmly imagine that is the best nation ever on Earth. The American miracle stands alone in world historical past.

I imagine in techno-capitalism. We should always encourage…

— Sam Altman (@sama) July 4, 2025

Altman, a billionaire, mentioned that he’s extra concerned with candidates who need to “make everybody have the stuff billionaires have as a substitute of how they’re going to get rid of billionaires.” And it’s clear that he thinks the path to that end result is techno-capitalism, an ideology that he explicitly endorses within the publish. “We should always encourage folks to make tons of cash after which additionally discover methods to broadly distribute wealth and share the compounding magic of capitalism.”

As Altman seeks a house for his capitalist utopia, a imaginative and prescient the place markets purportedly redistribute wealth moderately than permitting a choose few like Altman to hoard it (he does know he can simply give his away if he desires, proper?), his former OpenAI co-founder Elon Musk has returned to dabbling with the formation of a 3rd social gathering. This push is spurred by Musk’s ongoing opposition to President Donald Trump’s “One Massive, Lovely Invoice,” which he argues  will add to the deficit.

“Independence Day is the proper time to ask if you’d like independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system! Ought to we create the America Celebration?” Musk asked on X. He’s been kicking round this “America Celebration” concept for a few month now, claiming that it’ll characterize the “80 p.c within the center” whom he believes are at the moment with out enough illustration from Republicans or Democrats. The origin of that 80% determine is unclear. A Pew Research poll, for instance, discovered that 25% of individuals say neither social gathering represents them, 37% wished there have been extra political events to select from, and 26% believed extra events would assist remedy the nation’s issues.

Independence Day is the proper time to ask if you’d like independence from the two-party (some would say uniparty) system!

Ought to we create the America Celebration?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 4, 2025

It’s additionally value noting that whereas Musk claims his “America Celebration” would characterize a majority of individuals, he hasn’t actually issued any coverage positions or founding ideas for the social gathering. Presumably, it’d have a good quantity of overlap with Altman’s normal libertarian-leaning beliefs, which frequently framed as “widespread sense” ideologies. According to Politico, fellow tech bro Andrew Yang has reached out to Musk to push a third-party collaboration, probably utilizing his “non-partisan” Ahead Celebration as a mannequin.

Frankly, you’d be onerous pressed to discover a single problem that 80% of Individuals all agree on, not to mention sufficient of them to function the muse of a political social gathering. However having a celebration of their very own will surely make it extra simple for the Musks and Altmans of the world to push their most well-liked pursuits. After all, they’d need to settle their own disagreements first.