Sam Altman
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
  • As Reddit prepares to go public, a new filing with the SEC has revealed its biggest backers.
  • OpenAI's Sam Altman is the third-largest shareholder, the filing revealed.
  • It was previously known he was a Reddit investor — but not to this extent.

We learned a new detail about Sam Altman Thursday: just how much he supports Reddit.

In preparation for its highly-anticipated IPO, the online social forum filed an S-1 form with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, detailing the company's financial background. The filing revealed that Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, owns an 8.7% stake in the company.