The facts are that AI has been driven by PhD level research. There are vanishingly few cases of people who have not studied the area in depth making serious contributions. The term "AI founder" is usually used to reference the people who have made the technical and mathematical advances, not the person who hired those individuals after the fact to commercialize it.
Altman is a tech founder and a business founder, but he is not an AI founder.
Altman is a tech founder and a business founder, but he is not an AI founder.