Published 19:22 IST, June 12th 2024

Viral: Indian Techie Scores Exclusive Invite with Sam Altman After Bold Instagram DM

Indian techie Punit gets invited to Sam Altman's IIT-Delhi event via bold Instagram DM, shares screenshot, saying, "you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take."

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As a social media user we all have messaged our favourite celebrities on social media apps but most of us never got any reply. But recently an Indian techie has revealed how he got exclusive interaction invite with Sam Altman and for that he just messaged him on Instagram. An Indian techie named Punit posted screenshot of conversation and said that he messaged Sam Altman requesting him an invite before Sam visited India last year. 

Sam Altman, CEO of one of most trending startups not only texted Punit back but also agreed to invite him to an event with developers at IIT-Delhi.

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Check out viral post:

Punit shared screengrab of conversation with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. This is a year old conversation. 

He wrote in text, “Heyyy sam,” Palial wrote to Altman according to screenshot in June 2023. “Have been watching your videos since I was 16 years old. Is re any way I could get an invite to your Delhi event?”

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And in reply Sam said, “Sure,” and also gave him email of one of OpenAI employees to get in touch with him. 

Punit shared this image in a quoted post and in reply he wrote, “you miss 100% of shots you don’t take.” 

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He also shared a picture last year with Sam Altman from invite-only event at IIT-Delhi which he got to attend, because of this Instagram DM. In his post on X, he disclosed that Altman kicked off Developers Roundtable Conference at IIT-D by inviting feedback on OpenAI's products.

 

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16:13 IST, June 12th 2024