{"id":282499,"date":"2026-04-23T19:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282499\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:44:12","slug":"bay-area-flat-where-openai-was-launched-listed-for-1-5-million-the-mercury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/282499\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area flat where OpenAI was launched listed for $1.5 million \u2013 The Mercury News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Francisco unit where two of OpenAI\u2019s founders Greg Brockman and Sam Altman began the company has been listed for $1.545 million.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Open concept living room with exposed beams.\" width=\"2048\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/004-2977-2979-21st-street.89656.p2k.005.web_.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12597669\" \/>The open concept living room includes a vaulted ceiling and exposed beams. (Open Homes)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brockman leased the apartment in the 1885 Victorian in the Mission District in 2015 shortly after the building had been renovated. The living room became headquarters for the earliest stages of the artificial intelligence company.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-article_inline lazyautosizes lazyload \" alt=\"Modern, white kitchen with high-end appliances.\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/016-2977-2979-21st-street.89656.p2k.016.web_.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12597668\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 1,816-square-foot home features three bedrooms and two baths on two levels. The main living level offers an open concept with vaulted ceilings and exposed beams and includes a modern kitchen. Upstairs the primary suite has an attached deck overlooking a shared garden.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Bedroom with adjacent deck.\" width=\"2048\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/028-2977-2979-21st-street.89656.p2k.029.web_.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12597667\" \/>The bedroom overlooks the garden and includes an adjacent deck. (Open Homes)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Deck overlooking the garden.\" width=\"2048\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/036-2977-2979-21st-street.89656.p2k.036.web_.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12597666\" \/>The deck overlooks a shared garden and stairs lead to the roof. (Open Homes)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shane Ray with Compass holds the listing.\n<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI is well-known for its creation of ChatGPT. The company also lists other key founders including Elon Musk and Ilya Sutskever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco unit where two of OpenAI\u2019s founders Greg Brockman and Sam Altman began the company has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[184,387,7,12824,181,3408,395,388,101,396,103,102,104,106,105,1970],"class_list":{"0":"post-282499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco","8":"tag-bay-area","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-celebrity-homes","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-openai","14":"tag-peninsula","15":"tag-real-estate","16":"tag-san-francisco","17":"tag-san-francisco-county","18":"tag-san-francisco-headlines","19":"tag-san-francisco-news","20":"tag-sf","21":"tag-sf-headlines","22":"tag-sf-news","23":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}