A $1 million watch, only 7 of them, and 3 words Sam Altman wanted engraved inside
Sam Altman has commissioned seven custom Swiss watches from Vanguart for select OpenAI staff. Based on Vanguart's titanium Orb, which starts at $180,000, each carries the phrase COMPUTE IS DESTINY on the rotor and a line of Python code on the caseback. The Sam Altman watch is part of a wider Silicon Valley trend, with OpenAI, Google, Palantir and Uber staff commissioning custom Tudor timepieces.
In Silicon Valley, a new flex has emerged among tech executives - the $1 million watch. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, has taken this concept to new heights, commissioning seven custom watches from Swiss maker Vanguart. With only seven of these watches produced, each costing over $180,000 before customization, they are priced at over a million dollars.
The watches were engraved with three words - "COMPUTE IS DESTINY," "SCALING," and "if AGI.aligned: deploy()" - written in a style reminiscent of code. Additionally, an OpenAI logo sits at 12 o'clock on the dial.
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