The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Damron (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 779 Business audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Damron
Will Damron narrates 464 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,932 hours in all.
About as long, on the Business shelf
105 Business audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future is an audiobook by Keach Hagey: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Damron, released May 20, 2025, on the Business shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Damron
- Released
- May 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business
- ISBN
- 9798368953786
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future as an audiobook?
The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future?
The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future is narrated by Will Damron.
Is The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the Race to Invent the Future worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.