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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman served subpoena onstage during San Francisco talk
NY Post ^ | 11/08/25 | Ariel Zilber

Posted on 11/09/2025 2:35:45 AM PST by Libloather

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s public conversation with Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr took a bizarre turn Monday night when a man rushed the stage at San Francisco’s Sydney Goldstein Theater to serve him with a subpoena, according to reports.

The confrontation happened just minutes into the sold-out event, hosted by civic organizer Manny Yekutiel, when a man from the second row jumped onto the stage holding out a document and announcing that he had a subpoena for Altman, SFGATE said.

Yekutiel immediately intercepted the man and handed the paper to a theater security guard, who escorted the intruder away as the audience booed.

Altman remained seated and appeared startled but unharmed.

The next day, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office confirmed the man was one of its investigators.

“An investigator from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office lawfully served a subpoena on Mr. Altman because he is a potential witness in a pending criminal case,” spokesperson Valerie Ibarra said in a statement to SFGATE.

“Our investigators first made several prior attempts to serve the subpoena at Altman’s company headquarters and via its online portal.”

The activist group Stop AI, which has staged repeated demonstrations outside OpenAI’s headquarters, took credit for the incident online.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: altman; california; openai; subpoena

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1 posted on 11/09/2025 2:35:45 AM PST by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Sure is. He could have thrown the envelope at him which would have been a legal “drop” serve.


2 posted on 11/09/2025 4:11:44 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Libloather

The event organizer Manny is the one who grabbed the subpoena, not the intended target, Sam Altman.
Isn’t that a “Fail” in delivery?
I’m sure that brief encounter was reacted to for the rest of the evening. I’m surprised that popping up method is still being used in year 2025.


3 posted on 11/09/2025 4:42:03 AM PST by lee martell
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