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Sam Altman to Elon Musk, August 29, 2016

Altman reports a $50 million Microsoft compute donation over three years and asks whether Musk objects to moving from Amazon.

Exhibit4

From: Sam Altman
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 10:00 AM
To: Elon Musk
Subject: microsoft/openAI

I have negotiated a $50 million compute donation from them over the next 3 years! Do you have any reason not to like them, or care about us switching over from Amazon?

EMX-000052

The whole thread

Aug 29, 2016 Sam Altman I have negotiated a $50 million compute donation from them over the next 3 years! Do you have any reason not…
Aug 29, 2016 Elon Musk I'm ok with this only if they don't use it in marketing. I would also like to see the exact terms and…
Aug 29, 2016 Sam Altman Amazon started really dicking us around on the T+C, especially on marketing commits. And their offering…
Aug 30, 2016 Elon Musk Sounds good I will call Satya if we get to decent terms. A simple text blog expressing appreciation of…