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Sam Altman
Co-founder & CEO, Loopt

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Sam founded Loopt to improve the way friends communicate. His primary responsibility within Loopt is driving the product vision, assembling a passionate team to realize that vision and making sure people have fun while they’re at it.

Sam studied computer science at Stanford University, focusing on security and machine learning. He also helped build an autonomous helicopter navigation system while in school.

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5:25pm Wednesday, 03/31/2010

Dude, There's My Car: The Increasing Usefulness Of Location Data

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Location: Ballroom V

MG Siegler (TechCrunch), Ryan Sarver (Twitter), Josh Williams (Gowalla), Dennis Crowley (foursquare), Sam Altman (Loopt), Mark Hendrickson (Worldly Developments)

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As more services integrate location elements, we're sending out a lot of geo-tagged data. But what does it say about us? More importantly, how can it help us in our daily lives? How can local businesses use it? Is there a cost/benefit ratio to sharing all this data? We'll discuss these issues. Read more.