Sarah Friar
British-Irish-American business executive, CFO of OpenAI
British-Irish-American business executive, CFO of OpenAI
Every podcast episode featuring Sarah Friar that Attunex has found: 78 interviews and appearances across 59 shows between 2018 and 2026. Most often on Squawk on the Street (5), TechCheck (4) and In Search Of Excellence (3). Often in conversation with Jim Cramer, Andrew Ross Sorkin and Becky Quick. Follow Sarah in Attunex to get new appearances automatically, each with an on-device transcript and summary.
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Sarah Friar are back in focus as the debate over the pace of AI development intensifies and we here directly from them at the company’s DevDay. President Trump convened an AI…
All eyes are on the Federal Reserve decision today, as America’s central bank is all-but certain to have its first hike in over 3 years with the expected move will likely strain ties with U.S.…
Send us Fan Mail Dan McCarthy is joined by OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, to talk about her life and career to date as well as the AI revolution in Infrastructure Finance which she is spearheading.
Every CEO is being asked to make decisions about AI before there is a reliable playbook for what comes next. Where to invest. How to create business value. Which risks to take. What to automate. And…
AI News Flash for September 09, 2026 at 03:00 UTC. Topics: 1. Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon (27) resigns, leaving AI industry (WSJ exclusive + X thread, 9/8)…
Citi Wealth’s Steven Wieting breaks down what the latest economic signals mean for markets while Interactive Brokers’ Steve Sosnick explains why PPI and CPI could determine the next move for rates…
In today's Cloud Wars Minute, I ask whether OpenAI has quietly abandoned its AI super app as customer confusion around AI continues to grow. Highlights 00:02 — I wonder if over at OpenAI it's got a…
OpenAI's CFO Sarah Friar signals a 2027 IPO, putting a real number on the most talked-about private company in tech and forcing it to open its books on revenue and compute costs. A federal judge…
Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 20. OpenAI’s own finance chief just put a real date on going public, less a hint than the clearest signal yet that the company sees Wall Street on its near-term…
Enterprise AI has a plateau problem, and it is not the one everyone predicted. This week two very different sources described the same thing without naming it: returns that have not moved in two…
Apple is suing OpenAI over allegations that its hardware team stole trade secrets while recruiting former Apple employees. The lawsuit claims job candidates were told to bring parts from unreleased…
Get the latest on Anthropic's Fable 5: now a permanent fixture with reduced usage caps. Plus, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar's new math for AI budgets, China's global AI vision, and Decart's real-time video…
Today we're covering the biggest AI stories of July 20th, 2026. Anthropic finally ended weeks of shifting deadlines for Claude Fable 5, confirming the model stays permanently on Max and Team Premium…
An unprecedented coalition of tech giants and global economic minds has issued a stark, unified warning to world leaders. In a massive Stanford-organized open letter titled "We Must Act Now," over…
This is the free Friday episode of AI Inside Daily. Here are today's top stories in AI: The Trump administration asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6, and OpenAI agreed; the model goes to…
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(0:00) OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar joins the show! (0:31) How OpenAI thinks about its IPO timeline (3:31) OpenAI, Anthropic, Google: The AI arms race (7:43) Navigating the compute crunch and AI…
OpenAI reached $25 billion in annualized revenue in just three years, but CEO Sam Altman and CFO Sarah Friar are at odds over an IPO as the company's cash burn widens. A New York Times investigation…
But your pension fund will pay if it does https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/08/openai-may-not-be-able-to-ipo-in-2026/ - blog post Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi:…
A period of high financial stakes and potential instability within the artificial intelligence sector , focusing on the concept of an AI bubble . Financial reports and news articles detail the…
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss Apple’s strong outlook amid the continued memory supply crunch. Plus, Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki discusses the gaming platform’s "aggressive push to…
W dzisiejszym odcinku AI Codziennie omawiamy: 🪖 Google z Pentagonem: Google podpisał tajną umowę z Departamentem Obrony USA, udostępniając Gemini do użytku w klasyfikowanych sieciach wojskowych.…
The Wall Street Journal reported OpenAI missed its end-of-year billion-active-user target. Is the AI bubble actually popping or is the panic overblown? This week on AI For Humans, the AI bubble panic…
Episodio 310. C'è stata una svolta storica nei rapporti tra OpenAI e Microsoft che ha portata alla rinegoziazione del loro contratto e alla cancellazione della celebre clausola sull'Intelligenza…
OpenAI's ChatGPT faces fierce competition as its growth stalls. In this episode, we’re navigating the rocky airspace of artificial intelligence and examining why this once-dominant player is now…
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that OpenAI missed multiple monthly revenue targets earlier this year and fell short of its goal of reaching one billion weekly active users for…
Former General Council for the Fed Board of Governors, Scott Alverez, reacts to the breaking news the DOJ is dropping its criminal probe into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, potentially paving the way for…
In the special episode Jane Levy, CEO of PlanForward interviews Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI. Jane then joins Phil Toh, President of The Smilist & Ron Kerensky, CIO of SGA Dental Partners to discuss:…
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Episodio 296. OpenAI attraversa il momento più buio dalla sua fondazione. In questa puntata entro nel dettaglio delle pesanti rivelazioni del New Yorker sulla controversa personalità di Sam Altman,…
Analizamos el **pacto de Broadcom, Google y Anthropic** para asegurar 3.5 gigavatios en centros de datos. Además, **OpenAI** lanza su plan para la **Superinteligencia**, proponiendo semanas laborales…
In this episode, **Broadcom** secures a colossal AI pact with **Google** and **Anthropic**, fueling a $30B run rate. **OpenAI** pitches a **4-day workweek** and public wealth funds to survive the…
In questo episodio di AI RADAR analizziamo il piano di **OpenAI** per la **Superintelligenza (ASI)**, con proposte di settimane lavorative di 4 giorni e fondi pubblici. Discutiamo anche le tensioni…
The Information’s Anissa Gardizy talks with TITV Host Akash Pasricha about the growing tension between Sam Altman and Sarah Friar over OpenAI’s IPO timeline and massive cloud spending. We also talk…
M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Siegler joins us to discuss latest turmoil inside OpenAI, what the reported tension between CEO Sam Altman and CFO Sarah Friar…
Podcast: Connecting the Dots Episode Title: OpenAI's IPO Woes, Altman's Trust, and AI Rivalry Dynamics Date: April 06, 2026 Hosts: Alex and Morgan Today, we delve into the turbulent landscape of…
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En el Radar Empresarial de hoy, revisamos los últimos reportes de la CNBC y el Wall Street Journal, que señalan que OpenAI podría debutar en el mercado bursátil a finales de este año. Según estas…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar 近期发布的长文《A business that scales with the value of intelligence》，不仅确认了 2025 年突破 200 亿美元的年化收入，更重要的是，它为 2026 年定下了一个核心基调： Practical Adoption（务实落地） 。…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar joins Joe Kernen, Becky Quick, and Andrew Ross Sorkin at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Friar discusses AI’s potential, competition with Gemini and Claude, and…
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OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar and Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla argue the greatest challenges in AI right now are keeping up with demand and making sure more people get the benefit. They unpack…
Asus pauses phone production, new OpenAI hostnames reference “Sonata”, Anna’s Archive faces new pressure in the U.S. Show Notes Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See…
AI is moving from chat to action—agents and compute will decide how fast the world changes. Condensed from a 49-minute episode into 3 minutes, Andrew Mayne interviews Sarah Friar and Vinod Khosla on…
There has been one company at the very center of the AI trade this year. That is none other than OpenAI (OPAI.PVT)! OpenAI has won Yahoo Finance’s 11th annual Company of the Year award. Here is why.…
Doug, Dylan, and Wei of SemiAnalysis join me (Jon was sleeping at 5AM taiwan time...) for a pre-holiday get together. 01:00 AI Mandate--OpenAI slipping 19:03 Dylan sells TSMC on AI better than sama…
This week's episode is brought to you by Kalshi :) trade on anything! Receive a bonus after trading 100 contracts: https://kalshi.com/r/getthecheck In this episode of Get the Check, Maya, Anika, and…
Bloomberg’s Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss the impacts of comments made by OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar that suggested the government might backstop AI chip investments. Plus, they dig into Elon…
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar's comments about a government backstop for its financing 2) Why these statements…
OpenAI is now denying that they asked for a bailout after rather clearing stating that they had asked for a bailout. CFO Sarah Friar has said she "misspoke" and CEO Sam Altman dropped a hilariously…
OpenAI does not waste time. On Friday I covered their announcement that they had ‘completed their recapitalization’ by converting into a PBC, including the potentially largest theft in human history.…
OpenAI is actief bezig met de voorbereidingen voor een beursgang, meldt een drietal ingewijden aan persbureau Reuters. Op zijn vroegst zou het bedrijf eind volgend jaar al op de koersborden kunnen…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar joins Eric Veiel, head of Global Investments and CIO at T. Rowe Price Associates, to discuss OpenAI’s explosive growth, global strategy, technology investments, and how AI…
OpenAI and Oracle's flagship data center site in Abilene, Texas is up and running, betting big on America's AI future with a sweeping infrastructure push to secure more compute power. OpenAI CFO…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar discusses ChatGPT-5, Sam Altman’s comments on a potential AI bubble, and her vision for tech and artificial intelligence innovation. One of 11 potential candidates for new…
(01:18) - AI Model Whiteboard Breakdown (26:23) - Mark Chen, Chief Research Officer at OpenAI, discusses the recent launch of GPT-5, emphasizing its enhanced reasoning capabilities and seamless…
In this episode, I bring you a concise yet insight-packed breakdown of three of the most talked-about keynotes from Dublin Tech Summit 2025, all through a B2B technology and marketing lens. Whether…
Fresh news top of the hour: OpenAI and the United Arab Emirates announcing “Stargate UAE” – a massive new data center in the Middle East in partnership with companies like Oracle, Nvidia, and more.…
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OpenAI is at the forefront of the generative AI revolution. How did it get there, and what is the company doing to stay ahead of its competitors? Sarah Friar, chief financial officer of OpenAI and…
In December 2018, Sarah Jane Friar became CEO of Nextdoor, the world’s largest private social network for neighborhoods. In her conversation with Stanford professor Tom Byers, she discussed her…
Carl Quintanilla and Jim Cramer kicked off the show live from the NYSE, with co-anchor David Faber joining live from the FII Priority Summit in Miami. The anchors hit the morning’s biggest earnings…
Sarah Friar, Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI warned that there is strong competition in the development of AI coming from China, recognizing the economic and security benefits of the emerging…
In this bonus episode of Inside the Strategy Room, we feature an interview with OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar from the At the Edge podcast. Sarah joined our senior partner, Lareina Yee , to discuss how to…
On this year’s final episode of FYI, we will be taking the opportunity to highlight some of the best moments from throughout the year. While we are grateful for every single guest that has joined the…
In this episode of FYI, Brett Winton and Cathie Wood engage in a discussion with Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI. Together, they delve into the transformative potential of AI and its economic…
On this episode of the At the Edge podcast, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar joins McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee to talk about how to lead through this era of intense technological adaptation and what it…
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar spoke exclusively to Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow at the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas about AI's impact on banking and the upcoming election. See omnystudio.com/listener for…
Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow sits down with OpenAI's Sarah Friar and Anthropic's Daniela Amodei, live at the Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas. Plus, Caroline Hyde takes a deep dive into how Russia is…
In this episode of the 'Pfeffer on Power' podcast, host Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, is joined by Sarah Friar, CFO of OpenAI and former CEO of…
AI Weekly Rundown from September 29th to October 05th 2024: 🍎 Apple releases AI model that rewrites the rules of 3D vision 🎥 Meta unveils an AI video generator 🔥 ChatGPT gets a collab boost with…
AI Weekly Rundown from September 29th to October 05th 2024: 🍎 Apple releases AI model that rewrites the rules of 3D vision 🎥 Meta unveils an AI video generator 🔥 ChatGPT gets a collab boost with…
Crude prices spike once again as U.S. President Joe Biden appears to say that Israeli retaliatory strikes on Iranian oil facilities may be under discussion. Wall Street looks set to snap a three-week…
Friar's ability to translate complex financial information into compelling narratives for investors has been crucial to her success, notably at Square and Nextdoor. Now, she faces a formidable…
Sarah Friar, former CEO of Nextdoor, soon to be the CFO of OpenAI, led the company to nearly triple its reach to over 92M Neighbors in 335,000 neighborhoods worldwide. Previously, as CFO at Square,…
Do you know your neighbors? When Nextdoor was founded in 2008, 50% of Americans knew one or none of their neighbors. Fast-forward and Nextdoor now connects 81 million neighbors across 11 countries,…
Guest: Sarah Friar, former CEO of Nextdoor Sarah Friar has worked with some of the top leaders in Silicon Valley, including Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, Block CEO Jack…
On March 26th 2024, we hosted “From Northern Ireland to the C-Suite of Silicon Valley: A Discussion With Sarah Friar” in New York City. Sarah Friar is Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor where she…
🎙️On the future of local community, journalism, and business 🎙️How AI is making the web … kinder? 🎙️Advice to our younger selves: don’t try to be perfect, try to be curious This episode will make you…
“In companies, you don’t want just the product team thinking about the product; the finance team thinking about finance ... You want everyone all the time feeling like they’re an owner, and they can…
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From consultant to investor to CFO to CEO, Sarah Friar has a business acumen rivaled by few others. Today, Sarah Friar is at the helm of NextDoor, the social network that services over 300,000…
Do you know your neighbors? When Nextdoor was founded in 2008, 50% of Americans knew one or none of their neighbors. Fast-forward and Nextdoor now connects 81 million neighbors across 11 countries,…
Where Kindness Lives chats to business trailblazer, mother of two and Chief Neighbor of Nextdoor, Sarah Friar. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The episode today is a special one – I took the best segments about Extreme Preparation to highlight the importance of using preparation as the key to our success. Extreme Preparation was the most…
Sarah Friar learned about the power of community from an early age. Growing up in Northern Ireland during a time of tremendous violence showed her the importance of finding common ground and taught…
Sarah Friar learned about the power of community from an early age. Growing up in Northern Ireland during a time of tremendous violence showed her the importance of finding common ground and taught…
“Have at least three mentors in your career. One you work with, one who loves you and a third one who scares the living daylights out of you.” That’s career advice Sarah Friar lives by and credits…
This is a bonus episode with Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor. Sarah told the Evening Standard's How to be a CEO podcast us about the challenges of building a multinational company whose entire purpose…
Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor, tells us about the challenges of building a multinational company whose entire purpose is keeping things local. In this episode we talk about: Why becoming a CEO's like…
Our anchors begin today’s show with CNBC’s Mike Santoli explaining similarities and differences between the current sell-off and the dotcom crash, and Satori Fund Founder Dan Niles offers his outlook…
Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor, has built a career from helping others feel a sense of belonging, influenced by her upbringing in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. She sits down with Anthony to…
This week, Alexis gets non-technical with Sarah Friar, CEO of Nextdoor. They talk about the Dock of *THE* Bay, clean cups (every time!), when things go pear-shaped, being a Derry Girl, the tea cozy…
The morning after President Biden's State of the Union address, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber led off the show with a look at crude oil prices surging to 2011 highs in wake of…
John Hope Bryan chats with Sarah Friar. It takes the same effort to win small than to win big, so always shoot big. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See…
“Have at least three mentors in your career. One you work with, one who loves you and a third one who scares the living daylights out of you.” That’s career advice Sarah Friar lives by and credits…
Our anchors kick off the morning with news that Jack Dorsey will be stepping down as the CEO of Twitter. Then, Platformer Editor Casey Newton and Plexo Capital’s Lo Toney are here to share their…
Nextdoor, the social media app for neighborhoods, which is actively used in 1 in 3 households in the U.S., was recently valued at $4.3B and listed on the NYSE last week (November 8, 2021) under the…
Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber began the show with a look at stocks continuing their record run: The Dow hitting a fresh record high led by Caterpillar -- in reaction to House passage…
My guest today is Sarah Friar, the CEO of Nextdoor, which connects people in local neighborhoods together. Sarah’s CV sparkles with impressive achievements at interesting businesses, and we spend a…
In this episode, discover how Sarah Friar, CEO of NextDoor and former CFO of Square, leveraged her internship in Ghana to launch a billion-dollar tech career. Learn about unicorn startups, building…
As the CEO of Nextdoor, Sarah Friar knows about the transformative power of community. Hear from the leader of the website that’s bringing residents together in an age so many people don’t know their…
David Faber & Jim Cramer breakdown China’s moves against Didi as the stock gets hammered. A new report out of the Journal saying Chinese regulators suggested Didi delay it’s U.S. IPO. Plus, inside…
The Dow rose 69 points today and Jim Cramer’s giving investors an update on where the market's headed as it bounces back from its recent declines. Then, Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar talks about the…
To keep growth and user engagement up, most social platform avoid any features that could cause friction to the user. But Nextdoor is willing to take some risks. The company, which has taken on a…
The biggest thing in tech today? Those Intel earnings—the stock is falling today despite earnings beating estimates. Then, we bring in investor Tim Draper to dish on his opposition to Biden’s capital…
An excerpt from the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders podcast from the Stanford eCorner, featuring Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar. More details at https://ecorner.stanford.edu/
In December 2018, Sarah Friar was named CEO of Nextdoor, the world’s largest private social network for neighborhoods. Prior to leading Nextdoor, she was CFO of Square and SVP of Finance & Strategy…
In December 2018, Sarah Friar was named CEO of Nextdoor, the world’s largest private social network for neighborhoods. Prior to leading Nextdoor, she was CFO of Square and SVP of Finance & Strategy…
A social network that limits your network? Yes. Meet Nextdoor, a hyperlocal social network that’s all about who you really are and where you really live. Although it goes against everything that…
In another special episode of Get WIRED, join WIRED 25 as host Lauren Goode sits down with Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar to talk about the hyperlocal platform. They discuss human vs. AI content…
In this audio version of the second episode of our live video series Pivot Schooled, Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway talk about the future of innovation in the US and worldwide. They interview…
Growing up in a small community in Northern Ireland during The Troubles, Sarah Friar saw first hand what it means for neighbors to be at war with one another. But she also saw the transformative…
Sarah Friar, CEO of the social networking platform Nextdoor, shares what retailers can learn from how people are engaging on the app, whether it's offering a helping hand, supporting a local…
The Dow fell 170 points today and Jim Cramer's guiding you through today's action. Then, Union Pacific CEO Lance Fritz, checks in with Cramer to talk about the company's recent quarter, its plans for…
Sarah Friar joined us for this podcast a few weeks before the current events related to George Floyd and race in America. While our minds and hearts are elsewhere, the common threads in Sarah’s…
A neighborhood is more than just the people who share a common address, says Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar. It’s every space that makes up your daily life. So Nextdoor is jumping in, rolling out new…
A neighborhood is more than just the people who share a common address, says Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar. It’s every space that makes up your daily life. So Nextdoor is jumping in, rolling out new…
Fresh off the plane from Silicon Valley, one of the world's most influential women in tech is in the studio this week. Sarah Friar is the CEO of neighbourhood app, Nextdoor, which launched in…
Sarah Friar is from Sion Mills, Northern Ireland. She’s also the CEO of Nextdoor, a free private social network whose goal is to get you connected to your neighbours. In this episode, we discuss how…
To celebrate Mother's Day this year, we have created a special three-part round up of some of our most popular guests' reflections on the best advice they're even received. This episode features…
Sarah Friar spent six years as the CFO of Square before becoming the CEO of Nextdoor in October 2018. From actual gold mines to Goldman Sachs to Salesforce, Sarah's experience has taken her around…
In these highlights from our September 2018 Code Commerce event, Recode's Jason Del Rey talks with two great guests: (00:57) First, he speaks to Square CFO Sarah Friar; (35:02) then, Jason interviews…
In this episode, Sarah chats about how to not ruin someone's day, or livelihood, the importance of staying ahead, and how leadership inspires change across an organization. Sarah Friar is CFO and…
Sarah provides lots of great, concrete tips and strategies for being a great leader, finding mentors, learning from failure, and juggling family life.