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Re: microsoft/openAI

Elon Musk to Sam Altman, August 29, 2016

Musk answers Altman's news of a Microsoft compute donation, asking what happened to Amazon and about marketing terms.

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From: Elon Musk
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 10:15 AM
To: Sam Altman
Subject: Re: microsoft/openAI

I'm ok with this only if they don't use it in marketing. I would also like to see the exact terms and conditions. Gifts are only as good as the T&C. What happened to Amazon? I think Jeff is a bit of a tool and Satya is not, so I slightly prefer Microsoft, but I hate their marketing dept.

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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…