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Re: AI docs

Elon Musk to Sam Altman, November 20, 2015

Musk responds to Altman's proposed structure for the lab and suggests it be independent of Y Combinator, with a C corporation and a parallel nonprofit.

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From: Elon Musk
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 12:29PM
To: Sam Altman
Subject: Re: AI docs

I think this should be independent from (but supported by) YC, not what sounds like a subsidiary. Also, the structure doesn’t seem optimal. In particular, the YC stock along with a salary from the nonprofit muddies the alignment of incentives. Probably better to have a standard C corp with a parallel nonprofit.

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Nov 20, 2015 Sam Altman Elon– Plan is to have you, me, and Ilya on the Board of Directors for YC AI, which will be a Delaware…
Nov 20, 2015 Elon Musk I think this should be independent from (but supported by) YC, not what sounds like a subsidiary. Also, the…