A person has been arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail on the San Francisco residence of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, the corporate stated.
Nobody was harm, in response to the San Francisco Police Division and OpenAI.
The incident unfolded round 4 a.m. Friday when somebody “threw an incendiary damaging machine” on the home, which sparked a hearth on an exterior gate, police stated.
CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman attends the 2026 Infrastructure Summit of presidency officers, company executives, and labor leaders, in Washington, March 11, 2026.
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The suspect fled on foot, however police stated his description was dispatched to officers.
Round 5 a.m., officers responded to OpenAI’s headquarters the place a person was allegedly threatening to burn down a constructing, and so they “acknowledged the male to be the identical suspect from the sooner incident,” police stated.
The 20-year-old suspect was arrested and expenses are pending, police stated.
The corporate stated the scenario is below management and there’s no speedy risk to its places of work.
“We deeply respect how rapidly SFPD responded and the assist from town in serving to maintain our workers protected,” OpenAI stated in an announcement. “We’re helping regulation enforcement with their investigation.”
The SFPD’s Particular Investigations and Arson Items are main the investigation, the corporate stated. The FBI stated it is conscious of the incident and is working with San Francisco police.
