OpenAI’s Sam Altman says his highly disciplined daily routine has ‘fallen to crap’—and now unwinds on weekends at a farm with no cell phone service

As OpenAI prepares for a potential fourth-quarter IPO and fights Elon Musk’s xAI over allegations of stealing trade secrets, CEO Sam Altman has his hands full. 

But these days, Altman, 40, is taking things more slowly—at least on the weekends—focusing on his family and scaling OpenAI. 

Altman and his husband, Australian software engineer Oliver Mulherin, welcomed a son in February 2025. A year into parenthood, he says the experience is “significantly underhyped.” 

“It...