I interned at OpenAI in San Francisco. Here's how landed it, what it was like, and what I thought of Sam Altman.
Intern shares firsthand experience at OpenAI San Francisco office.
“Hamza Mostafa decided he needed to be in San Francisco to make it in tech. When he landed an OpenAI internship, he felt that decision…”
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Weekly Silicon's editorial model scored this 2.10/10 overall, reading it above all as a workforce story — jobs moving, growing, or disappearing across the silicon economy. Its strongest dimension is regional relevance at 7/10 — direct impact on US technology hubs rather than a purely overseas development — with job impact close behind at 2/10, pointing to real workforce implications — hiring, layoffs, or shifts in where the work gets done. The effects land first in the CA / Silicon Valley region, so readers there should watch for follow-on announcements.
Derived from the AI score breakdown below.
AI score breakdown
A composite of 2.10/10 put this story at #27 for Sunday, July 19, 2026, driven mostly by regional relevance (7/10) and job impact (2/10).
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