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MSFT hosting deal

Sam Altman to Elon Musk, September 16, 2016

Altman replies that Microsoft had agreed to drop the contested section.

Exhibit
From
Sam Altman
Sent
Friday, September 16, 2016 3:33 PM
To
Elon Musk
Cc
Sam Teller
Subject
MSFT hosting deal
I had the same reaction after reading that section and they've already agreed to drop. We had originally just wanted space cycles donated but the team wanted more certainty that capacity will be available. But I'll work with MSFT to make sure there are no strings attached
EMX-000059

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  1. Sep 16, 2016 Elon Musk We should just do this low key. No certainty either way. No contract.
  2. Sep 16, 2016 Sam Altman Here are the MSFT terms. $60MM of compute for $10MM, and input from us on what they deploy in the cloud. LMK…
  3. Sep 16, 2016 Elon Musk This actually made me feel nauseous. It sucks and is exactly what I would expect from them. Evaluation,…
  4. Sep 16, 2016 Sam Altman I had the same reaction after reading that section and they've already agreed to drop. We had originally just…
  5. Sep 20, 2016 Sam Teller Microsoft is now willing to do the agreement for a full $50m with “good faith effort at OpenAI's sole…
  6. Sep 21, 2016 Elon Musk Fine by me if they don't use this in active messaging. Would be worth way more than $50M not to seem like…