(Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)GettyKey takeaways CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman, is testifying before Congress to decide the first steps in AI regulation Several AI leaders, including billionaire Elon Musk, have called for AI laws to be introduced sooner rather than later AI regulation marks a big opportunity for the U. Who is Sam Altman?Altman has tenure in making successful companies: he served as CEO of start-up accelerator Y Combinator, founded his own venture capital firm and was one of the founders of OpenAI back in 2015 before taking on the role of CEO in 2019.  Since joining Forbes in 2015, Chloe has reported at In-N-Out Burger’s secret test kitchen, drought-ridden farms in California’s Central Valley, burnt-out national forests logged by a timber billionaire, a 100-year slaughterhouse business in Omaha, and even a chocolate croissant factory designed like a medieval castle in Northern France