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Sam Altman to Elon Musk, October 18, 2015

Altman asks Musk for a $100 million commitment, a $30 million donation over five years, an advisor title and a seat on a safety board; Musk replies the next day.

Exhibit5
From
Sam Altman
Sent
Sunday, October 18, 2015 11:36 AM
To
Elon Musk
Subject
followup
Good seeing you a couple of weeks ago. As discussed I think starting with a $100MM commitment (and leaving the time unspecified) is the way to go. Everyone we discussed but Gates is committed to donating. Hope to have him locked down next week. I am going to sit down with Zuck, but I still think it's probably too problematic given Facebook AI Research. Two big new recruits that we expect to sign offer letters this week: John Schulman and Wojciech Zaremba. Specific asks for you: 1) Can you donate $30MM over the next 5 years? 2) Can we call you an "advisor" but leave unspecified what you'll do in detail and figure it out as we go? 3) Will you be on the Safety Board with me? I'd like it to eventually be 5 of us, adding the next 3 over the year or so. This will be the "second key" for releasing anything that could be dangerous. Sam
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  1. Oct 18, 2015 Sam Altman Good seeing you a couple of weeks ago. As discussed I think starting with a $100MM commitment (and leaving…
  2. Oct 19, 2015 Elon Musk Let's discuss governance. This is critical. I don't want to fund something that goes in what turns out to be…