Every email by date | Elon Emails

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May 9, 2003 Merlin firings, design review, first customers, human spaceflight goal Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
June 2003 June 2003 update: range safety system quote Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
July 2003 July 2003 update: Kestrel upper stage versus Delta II Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
August 2003 August 2003 update: turbo-pump at full power, TVC complete Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
September 2003 Autumn 2003 update: TacSat-1 funding, FPGA avionics board Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
October 2003 October 2003 update: first engine lost in testing Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
February 2004 Jan/Feb 2004 update: thrust-cutoff approval, final stretch Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
April 2004 Falcon V sold to Bigelow, turbopump fixed, Kistler protest Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
July 2004 June/July 2004 update: first integrated Merlin firing Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
September 2004 Falcon I on the Vandenberg pad; Falcon V redesign Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
June 2005 January-May 2005 update: Falcon I development essentially complete Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
June 24, 2005 Titan IV delay moves first Falcon I launch to Kwajalein Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
November 24, 2005 Falcon 1 maiden launch bumped a day by Army range Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
November 26, 2005 First Falcon 1 launch attempt scrubbed over LOX and helium loss Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
December 2005 Why Falcon 1 ran out of liquid oxygen; new launch date Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
December 19, 2005 Second Falcon 1 attempt scrubbed: fuel tank sucked inward Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
January 10, 2006 New Falcon 1 launch date and what went wrong on Dec. 19 Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
February 6, 2006 Static fire set for Feb. 9, launch for Feb. 10 Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
February 9, 2006 Launch postponed after static fire countdown Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
February 10, 2006 Musk on the Falcon 1 hold-down firing Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 21, 2006 'We had a great static fire today' Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 22, 2006 Falcon 1 launch slipped a day to review static fire data Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 24, 2006 Falcon 1 lost during first stage burn Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 25, 2006 Falcon 1 failure: fuel leak, fire, engine shutdown at T+29s Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
July 6, 2006 Return to flight findings coming; Falcon 9 tooling 90% done Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
July 18, 2006 'Incredibly insulting': Musk demands credit in Roadster press Elon Musk to Mike Harrigan (Tesla VP of marketing)
July 20, 2006 Threat to fire PR firm over New York Times article Elon Musk to Tesla's PR firm PCGC; cc Martin Eberhard and Mike Harrigan
January 2007 Static fire slips to Friday, launch to January 22 Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
January 16, 2007 Demo Flight 2: readiness review and wet dress done Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
February 2007 Kwajalein range staffing pushes Demo Flight 2 to March Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 16, 2007 Static fire clean; Demo Flight 2 launch next week Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 20, 2007 Why Monday's countdown aborted; go for Tuesday Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 20, 2007 Demo Flight 2 reaches space: 'not perfect, but pretty good' Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
March 27, 2007 Demo Flight 2 post-flight analysis: LOX slosh ended the burn Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
August 9, 2007 'This is not good': board warned about Eberhard Elon Musk to Jim Marver; Ira Ehrenpreis; Antonio J. Gracias; Kimbal Musk (Tesla board members)
November 15, 2007 Marks to Musk: Eberhard shouldn't stay on the board Michael Marks to Elon Musk
August 2, 2008 Plan Going Forward: 'I will never give up' after Falcon 1 Flight 3 Elon Musk to Space Exploration Technologies (all-company list)
August 6, 2008 Flight 3 failure traced to Merlin 1C thrust transient Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
September 2008 Flight 4 countdown expected in late September Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
September 23, 2008 Flight 4 static fire done; launch slips a few days Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
September 27, 2008 Flight 4 cleared for liftoff Sunday Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
November 3, 2008 Forwarding leaker Peng Zhou's apology to all staff Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
November 3, 2008 Peng Zhou's apology for the Valleywag leak Peng Zhou to Elon Musk (addressed to all Tesla employees; forwarded company-wide by Musk)
January 20, 2009 Explaining the Roadster option price increase to customers Elon Musk to Tesla Roadster customers
March 2009 Leak crackdown: sign a declaration or confess for amnesty Elon Musk to All Tesla employees and contractors (Bay Area)
January 4, 2010 Falcon 9 second stage fired; 2009 in review Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
April 15, 2010 Musk backs Obama's cancellation of Ares I/Orion Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
May 2010 Acronyms Seriously Suck Elon Musk to All SpaceX employees
July 29, 2010 Musk asks supporters to call Congress against H.R. 5781 Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
May 4, 2011 Musk lays out SpaceX's costs and prices Elon Musk to SpaceX update mailing list
September 24, 2012 Musk to Epstein: 'very enjoyable conversation!' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
September 24, 2012 Epstein replies: 'Hopefully the first of many' Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
September 25, 2012 Epstein invites Musk to his Caribbean island Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
September 25, 2012 Musk replies to island invitation: 'will try to make it' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
October 2012 Musk forwards Epstein's solar query: 'Are we in New Mexico?' Elon Musk to Peter Rive (SolarCity)
October 2012 Epstein offers to send a helicopter to St Barts Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
October 4, 2012 Epstein asks Musk for a SolarCity contact Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
October 20, 2012 Musk tells Epstein he and Talulah Riley are headed to St Barts Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
November 2, 2012 Musk asks when to come over between Dec 23 and 30 Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
November 2, 2012 Musk: 'Let's aim for Dec 28, 29 or 30' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
November 2, 2012 Epstein: 'Probably after Xmas day ... Glad you are coming' Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
November 24, 2012 Musk asks about the 'wildest party' on Epstein's island Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
November 24, 2012 Epstein asks how many people for the helicopter Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
December 25, 2012 Musk on Christmas Day: 'Do you have any parties planned?' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
December 25, 2012 Epstein: 'the ratio on my island' might make Riley uncomfortable Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
December 25, 2012 Musk: 'Ratio is not a problem for Talulah' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
December 28, 2012 Musk invites Epstein for drinks in St Barts on the 30th Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
2013 Musk to Epstein on requests to bring Tesla to Israel Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
2013 Epstein tells Musk that Ehud Barak wants to talk Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
January 1, 2013 Epstein: 'sorry we didn't connect' — invites Musk to lunch via St Thomas Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
January 2, 2013 Musk: 'Logistics won't work this time around' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
February 26, 2013 Musk replies 'I see' after Epstein's SpaceX tour Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
February 26, 2013 Epstein thanks Musk for the SpaceX tour Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
March 2013 Musk to Epstein on sleep and productivity Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
March 2013 Epstein to Musk: 'now its time for fun' and get more sleep Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
June 7, 2013 Why SpaceX won't go public until Mars transport is flying Elon Musk to All (spacex-employees@spacex.com)
September 2013 Blue Origin's 39A protest: 'unicorns dancing in the flame duct' Elon Musk to SpaceNews (reporter query)
September 11, 2013 Musk declines Epstein's UN General Assembly invitation Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
September 11, 2013 Epstein invites Musk to New York for the UN General Assembly Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
September 11, 2013 Epstein's reply: 'no one over 25 and all very cute' Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
November 2013 Musk answers 'Yes' to coming to the Caribbean at Christmas Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
November 2013 Epstein: 'will you come to caribean this xmas?' Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
December 2013 Musk: 'When should we head to your island on the 2nd?' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
December 2013 Epstein: 'I will send heli for you' Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
December 2013 Musk: 'probably the 1st then' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
December 2013 Musk: 'Thanks.' after Epstein offers helicopter Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
December 13, 2013 Musk asks Epstein: 'Is there a good time to visit?' Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
December 15, 2013 Epstein: 'always space for you' Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
December 30, 2013 Epstein cancels the January 2014 island visit Jeffrey Epstein to Elon Musk
December 30, 2013 Musk: 'No problem.' after Epstein cancels Elon Musk to Jeffrey Epstein
2015 Disputed: alleged Musk email to employee who missed event for child's birth Elon Musk to Unnamed Tesla employee
May 25, 2015 Altman proposes a 'Manhattan Project for AI' Sam Altman to Elon Musk
May 25, 2015 Musk: 'Probably worth a conversation' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
June 24, 2015 Altman's detailed plan: mission, team, governance Sam Altman to Elon Musk
June 24, 2015 Musk: 'Agree on all' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
July 29, 2015 Launching the owner referral program Elon Musk to Tesla Model S owners
October 18, 2015 Altman to Musk: $100MM commitment and specific asks Sam Altman to Elon Musk
October 19, 2015 Musk to Altman: 'Let's discuss governance. This is critical.' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
October 19, 2015 Altman to Musk: 'very focused on getting this right' Sam Altman to Elon Musk
November 14, 2015 Musk sends Altman Lord Acton quotes on power Elon Musk to Sam Altman
November 14, 2015 Altman: second Acton quote an all-time favorite Sam Altman to Elon Musk
November 18, 2015 Altman asks Musk to call Sutskever over Google counteroffer Sam Altman to Elon Musk (and Ilya Sutskever)
November 18, 2015 Sutskever asks Musk for a phone call Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk
November 19, 2015 Musk to Sutskever: 'No problem. Will call today.' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever
November 20, 2015 Altman: board plan for 'YC AI' Delaware nonprofit Sam Altman to Elon Musk (cc: YC general counsel, name redacted)
November 20, 2015 Musk: use a standard C corp with parallel nonprofit Elon Musk to Sam Altman
November 20, 2015 Musk: good talk with Ilya; 'need to do more in comp' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
November 22, 2015 Brockman sends draft launch blog and offer template Greg Brockman to Elon Musk (cc: Sam Altman)
November 22, 2015 Musk: announce a $1B commitment, not $100M Elon Musk to Greg Brockman (cc: Sam Altman)
November 22, 2015 Musk: pure-play 501c3, 'Freemind' name, time commitment Elon Musk to Sam Altman
November 22, 2015 Altman agrees on 501c3; floats 'Axon'; asks Musk's title Sam Altman to Elon Musk
November 22, 2015 Musk: 'Can't be lukewarm'; proposes co-chairs Elon Musk to Sam Altman
November 22, 2015 Altman: warming to 'freemind'; co-chairs works best Sam Altman to Elon Musk
November 22, 2015 Altman introduces Brockman to Musk Sam Altman to Elon Musk, Greg Brockman
November 22, 2015 Brockman to Musk: 'Nice to virtually connect' Greg Brockman to Elon Musk
November 23, 2015 Musk: avoid a Turing Test association in the name Elon Musk to Sam Altman
December 8, 2015 Musk drafts OpenAI's opening paragraphs Elon Musk to Sam Altman
December 8, 2015 Altman's revision of the opening paragraphs Sam Altman to Elon Musk
December 11, 2015 Altman: DeepMind planning massive counteroffers Sam Altman to Elon Musk
December 11, 2015 Musk: 'Has Ilya come back with a solid yes?' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
December 11, 2015 Altman: Ilya 'just gave his word' Sam Altman to Elon Musk
December 11, 2015 Musk: 'awesome' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
December 11, 2015 Altman: team ready for DeepMind offers; news at 1:30 Sam Altman to Elon Musk
December 11, 2015 Musk's launch-day note to the founding team Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Pamela Vagata, Vicki Cheung, Diederik Kingma, Andrej Karpathy, John D. Schulman, Trevor Blackwell, Greg Brockman (cc: Sam Altman)
December 11, 2015 Musk: 'Great' (launch minutes away) Elon Musk to Sam Altman
January 2, 2016 Redacted correspondent challenges open-sourcing AI [redacted] to Elon Musk
January 2, 2016 Sutskever: 'Open' means sharing benefits, not science Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman
January 2, 2016 Musk: 'Yup' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever
February 14, 2016 'Save costs or we are doomed' Elon Musk to Tesla executives (recipients not named in reporting)
February 18, 2016 Sutskever requests biweekly 30-minute meetings with Musk Ilya Sutskever to Sam Teller, Elon Musk, Greg Brockman
February 18, 2016 Musk: DeepMind is 'playing the Super Bowl' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever (and others on the chain)
February 19, 2016 Musk: DeepMind odds rising; OpenAI needs urgency Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Sam Altman
February 19, 2016 Sutskever: more than one problem stands before AGI Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk (cc: Greg Brockman, Sam Altman)
February 21, 2016 Brockman asks for guidance on pay and offers Greg Brockman to Elon Musk (cc: Sam Altman)
February 22, 2016 Musk: pay whatever it takes or lose to DeepMind Elon Musk to Greg Brockman (cc: Sam Altman)
February 22, 2016 Brockman: 'Read you loud and clear' Greg Brockman to Elon Musk (cc: Sam Altman)
February 25, 2016 Altman asks Musk for $20M a year for three years Sam Altman to Elon Musk
February 25, 2016 Musk agrees to $20M a year: 'Agreed / Yes' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
February 25, 2016 Altman asks who to coordinate funding with Sam Altman to Elon Musk
February 25, 2016 Musk: wire $5M per quarter to OpenAI; 'a non-profit' Elon Musk to Sam Altman; Ronald Gong (myCFO / BMO family office)
March 21, 2016 Brockman checks Wired fact-check answers with Musk Greg Brockman to Elon Musk (cc: Sam Teller)
March 21, 2016 Musk: 'Sounds good' Elon Musk to Greg Brockman (cc: Sam Teller)
April 13, 2016 Musk asks Nvidia's Huang for an early DGX-1 Elon Musk to Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO)
April 19, 2016 Huang: OpenAI will get one of the first DGX-1s Jensen Huang to Elon Musk
April 20, 2016 Musk to Huang: 'Much appreciated' Elon Musk to Jensen Huang
April 27, 2016 NYT asks for Musk's reaction to Zuckerberg Sam Teller to Elon Musk
April 27, 2016 Musk's statement on Zuckerberg and why OpenAI exists Elon Musk to Sam Teller
May 3, 2016 Sutskever asks how Musk's recruiting calls went Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk
June 3, 2016 Landlord sends Musk the Pioneer Building lease draft Atit Jariwala to Elon Musk
June 3, 2016 Musk forwards lease draft: 'Please review' Elon Musk to Jared Birchall (recipient inferred from the chain)
June 13, 2016 Birchall flags self-dealing risk on OpenAI building lease Jared Birchall to Elon Musk
June 13, 2016 Musk: 'My control of OpenAI is limited' Elon Musk to Jared Birchall
July 4, 2016 To Fortune: Autopilot death 'not material', 'do the bloody math' Elon Musk to Carol J. Loomis (Fortune)
July 9, 2016 Birchall weekly update: OpenAI's $5M quarterly request Jared Birchall to Elon Musk
July 9, 2016 Musk worries OpenAI is run 'as an extension of YCombinator' Elon Musk to Jared Birchall
July 9, 2016 Birchall: no OpenAI entity existed to receive April payment Jared Birchall to Elon Musk
July 10, 2016 Lyndon Rive warns Musk of SolarCity cash 'domino effect' Lyndon Rive to Elon Musk
July 10, 2016 Musk: 'My credibility is at stake here' Elon Musk to Jared Birchall
July 10, 2016 Birchall: OpenAI has received $5.5M via the DAF Jared Birchall to Elon Musk
August 29, 2016 Q3 2016 push: 'throw a pie in the face of all naysayers' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
August 29, 2016 Altman: negotiated $50M Microsoft compute donation Sam Altman to Elon Musk
August 29, 2016 Musk: OK only if Microsoft doesn't use it in marketing Elon Musk to Sam Altman
August 29, 2016 Altman: Amazon balked on terms; details coming Sam Altman to Elon Musk
August 30, 2016 Musk: will call Satya if terms are decent Elon Musk to Sam Altman
September 16, 2016 Musk: investors 'very negative on SolarCity' - show solar roof before vote Elon Musk to Peter Rive (SolarCity co-founder and CTO)
September 16, 2016 Altman sends Microsoft's Azure term sheet Sam Altman to Elon Musk (cc: Sam Teller)
September 16, 2016 Musk on Microsoft terms: 'made me feel nauseous' Elon Musk to Sam Altman (cc: Sam Teller)
September 16, 2016 Altman: Microsoft already agreed to drop the clause Sam Altman to Elon Musk (cc: Sam Teller)
September 16, 2016 Musk: 'No certainty either way. No contract.' Elon Musk to Sam Altman (cc: Sam Teller)
September 16, 2016 Altman: will see how much he can get Sam Altman to Elon Musk (cc: Sam Teller)
September 18, 2016 Musk: SolarCity must solve its 'liquidity crisis' before the vote Elon Musk to Brad Buss (former SolarCity CFO, Tesla director) and SolarCity executives
September 20, 2016 Teller: Microsoft offers $50M with no strings Sam Teller to Elon Musk
September 21, 2016 Musk: don't seem like 'Microsoft's marketing bitch' Elon Musk to Sam Teller
September 24, 2016 Sutskever: meetings with Musk help run OpenAI Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk
September 24, 2016 Musk wants to learn OpenAI's technical issues in detail Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever
September 24, 2016 Sutskever: longer visits; primer for non-experts coming Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk
September 24, 2016 Musk: more time after SolarCity merger, rocket flying Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever
September 24, 2016 Sutskever: 'Good luck with both.' Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk
September 28, 2016 No discounts on new cars, ever Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
November 7, 2016 Saudi PIF asks Musk for a meeting with Yasir Al-Rumayyan Saad Al-Jarboa to Elon Musk (via EM Desk - SpaceX); cc: Turqi Alnowaiser and a redacted recipient
November 10, 2016 Musk declines to travel to meet Saudi PIF's Yasir Al-Rumayyan Elon Musk to Sam Teller (cc: Emma Gallagher)
January 31, 2017 Musk sets time for San Francisco meeting with Yasir Elon Musk to Emma Gallagher (cc: Sam Teller)
February 23, 2017 Response to UAW drive: safety, pay, frozen yogurt, roller coaster Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
May 12, 2017 Musk tells Straubel he plans 'something really crazy' on pay Elon Musk to JB Straubel
May 31, 2017 'Doing the right thing': don't be a jerk, accept apologies Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
May 31, 2017 Report every injury to me; I will do the same task Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
June 2017 Musk on hiring Karpathy: 'The OpenAI guys are gonna want to kill me' Elon Musk to A Tesla vice president (unnamed in coverage)
June 12, 2017 Sutskever's first bi-weekly update: compute, Dota, robotics Ilya Sutskever to Greg Brockman, [redacted], Elon Musk
June 12, 2017 Musk: 'Thanks, this is a great update' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever; cc Greg Brockman, [redacted]
June 13, 2017 Musk: make sure compute is not a constraint Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever; cc Greg Brockman, [redacted]
June 28, 2017 Musk pitches Nadella on 10,000 GPU servers for OpenAI Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman; cc Sam Altman
July 12, 2017 Sutskever: 'The business of building AGI' Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk, Greg Brockman
July 18, 2017 Zilis preps Musk: 'build AGI before anyone else', bet on hardware Shivon Zilis to Elon Musk, Sam Teller
July 20, 2017 Sutskever biweekly update: for-profit structure 'coming up' Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk, Greg Brockman
July 21, 2017 Musk on China's AI plan: 'another reason to change course' Elon Musk to Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever
July 21, 2017 Brockman: non-profit, then for-profit, then government project Greg Brockman to Elon Musk; cc Ilya Sutskever
July 21, 2017 Musk: 'I have a tentative game plan' Elon Musk to Greg Brockman; cc Ilya Sutskever, [redacted]
July 21, 2017 Musk offers OpenAI leaders Founder Series Model 3s Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman (reply on the 'Beijing' thread)
July 21, 2017 Sutskever thanks Musk for the Model 3 offer Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk; cc Greg Brockman, John Schulman, Wojciech Zaremba
July 21, 2017 Musk: 'Consider it done!' on four Model 3s Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever; cc Greg Brockman, John Schulman, Wojciech Zaremba, Jared Birchall
July 30, 2017 Musk asks to put his pay discussions on hold Elon Musk to Todd Maron
July 30, 2017 Maron to Musk: would 'rather keep cranking' on pay plan Todd Maron to Elon Musk
July 30, 2017 Musk: added pay is for 'putting the money towards Mars' Elon Musk to Todd Maron
August 11, 2017 Musk: 'Time to make the next step for OpenAI' Elon Musk to Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman; cc [redacted], Shivon Zilis
August 28, 2017 Zilis relays Brockman and Sutskever's seven open questions Shivon Zilis to Elon Musk; cc Sam Teller
August 28, 2017 Musk: 'encourage them to go start a company. I've had enough' Elon Musk to Shivon Zilis; cc Sam Teller
August 29, 2017 Birchall: holding the quarterly $5M to OpenAI — 'Continue to hold?' Jared Birchall to Elon Musk
August 29, 2017 Musk confirms hold on OpenAI's $5M quarterly grant: 'Yes' Elon Musk to Jared Birchall
August 30, 2017 Communication Within Tesla: talk to anyone, no chain of command Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
September 13, 2017 Musk's board and control proposal for the for-profit Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever; cc Greg Brockman
September 20, 2017 'Honest Thoughts': Sutskever and Brockman on control of AGI Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk, Sam Altman; cc Greg Brockman, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
September 20, 2017 Musk: 'Guys, I've had enough. This is the final straw' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman; cc Greg Brockman, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
September 20, 2017 Musk: earlier terms are 'no longer on the table' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman; cc Greg Brockman, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
September 21, 2017 Altman: 'i remain enthusiastic about the non-profit structure!' Sam Altman to Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever; cc Greg Brockman, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
September 22, 2017 Zilis: Brockman and Sutskever will stay non-profit Shivon Zilis to Elon Musk; cc Sam Teller
September 22, 2017 Musk: 'Ok' Elon Musk to Shivon Zilis; cc Sam Teller
September 22, 2017 Zilis relays Altman's position after the blow-up Shivon Zilis to Elon Musk; cc Sam Teller
October 2017 Musk tells Neuralink it can hire 'directly from OpenAI' Elon Musk to A Neuralink cofounder (unnamed in coverage)
November 9, 2017 Musk restarts pay talks 'in a reduced manner' Elon Musk to Todd Maron
November 9, 2017 Musk proposes 10% stake increment at $550B valuation Elon Musk to Todd Maron
November 9, 2017 Musk: shareholders 'will be super happy' with pay plan Elon Musk to Todd Maron
November 14, 2017 Musk again asks to 'pause' pay plan Elon Musk to Todd Maron
December 1, 2017 Musk: 'That is more than intended' - cuts award to 20.915M shares Elon Musk to Todd Maron
January 1, 2018 Brockman's New Year note: 'It's an honor to work alongside you' Greg Brockman to Elon Musk; bcc Ilya Sutskever
January 1, 2018 Sutskever's New Year note: 'most overwhelmingly competent person in the world' Ilya Sutskever to Elon Musk; bcc Greg Brockman
January 16, 2018 Musk on M&A adjustment: 'no chance I will game the economics' Elon Musk to Todd Maron and Deepak Ahuja
January 21, 2018 Altman flags safety team's concerns about the ICO Sam Altman to Elon Musk; cc Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
January 21, 2018 Musk: 'Absolutely' Elon Musk to Sam Altman; cc Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
January 31, 2018 Karpathy: Google dominates ICLR submissions Andrej Karpathy to Elon Musk; cc Shivon Zilis
January 31, 2018 Musk: 'OpenAI is on a path of certain failure relative to Google' Elon Musk to Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman; cc Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis; fwd Andrej Karpathy's email
January 31, 2018 Musk asks Karpathy: 'What do you think makes sense?' Elon Musk to Andrej Karpathy
January 31, 2018 Brockman's reply: expand OpenAI, keep the moral high ground Greg Brockman to Elon Musk; cc Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman, [redacted], Shivon Zilis
January 31, 2018 Karpathy: OpenAI should 'attach to Tesla as its cash cow' Andrej Karpathy to Elon Musk
February 1, 2018 Musk: Tesla is 'the only path that could even hope to hold a candle to Google' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman
March 20, 2018 Musk 'very offended' by stockholders voting against pay plan Elon Musk to Todd Maron
March 25, 2018 Zilis: no ICO, capped-return idea, Musk's formal board resignation Shivon Zilis to Elon Musk; cc Sam Teller
April 2, 2018 Model 3 passes 2,000 cars per week Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
April 2, 2018 Altman sends Musk the draft OpenAI Charter Sam Altman to Elon Musk; cc Shivon Zilis
April 2, 2018 Musk on the OpenAI Charter: 'Sounds fine' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
April 17, 2018 Model 3 ramp to 6,000/week, 24/7 shifts, productivity rules Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
April 23, 2018 Zilis: OpenAI raising equity with a fixed maximum return Shivon Zilis to Elon Musk; cc Sam Teller
April 23, 2018 Musk on OpenAI's capped-return raise and Zilis's advisory role: 'Ok by me' Elon Musk to Shivon Zilis; cc Sam Teller
April 27, 2018 Zilis asks Musk to formally resign from the OpenAI board Shivon Zilis to Elon Musk
April 28, 2018 Musk's formal resignation as an OpenAI director Elon Musk to Sam Altman; cc Shivon Zilis
May 2018 Contractor purge: 'Time to scrub off the barnacles' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
May 14, 2018 Reorganization: flattening the management structure Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
May 15, 2018 Model 3 likely to exceed 500 cars per day this week Elon Musk to Tesla employees
June 12, 2018 Layoff of about 9% of Tesla's workforce Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
June 15, 2018 'Radical improvements' still needed for 5k/week Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
June 17, 2018 Employee 'sabotage' warning before Model 3 ramp Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
June 18, 2018 Factory fire: 'Only the paranoid survive' Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
June 20, 2018 Tripp to Musk: 'you have what's coming to you' Martin Tripp to Elon Musk
June 20, 2018 Musk to Tripp: 'Threatening me only makes it worse for you' Elon Musk to Martin Tripp
June 20, 2018 Tripp: 'I never made a threat' Martin Tripp to Elon Musk
June 20, 2018 Musk to Tripp: 'You're a horrible human being' Elon Musk to Martin Tripp
June 20, 2018 Tripp: 'I NEVER framed anyone' Martin Tripp to Elon Musk
June 20, 2018 Musk to Tripp: 'So it goes. Be well.' Elon Musk to Martin Tripp
June 20, 2018 Musk corrects himself: 'Meant to say no injuries' Elon Musk to Martin Tripp
July 1, 2018 'We did it!!' - 5,000 Model 3s in a week Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
July 6, 2018 Musk asks Stanton about the cave's geometry Elon Musk to Richard Stanton
July 6, 2018 Stanton: will review Musk's rescue concepts later Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 7, 2018 Musk asks Stanton for video of hardest cave sections Elon Musk to Richard Stanton
July 7, 2018 Stanton: a capsule that tightly fits a 15-year-old will pass Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 7, 2018 Musk: building both an aluminium tube and rubber cocoon Elon Musk to Richard Stanton
July 7, 2018 Stanton: rigid capsule better than rubber cocoon Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 7, 2018 Stanton: capsule only needs 5m depth rating Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 7, 2018 Musk sends Stanton the mini-sub's specifications Elon Musk to Richard Stanton
July 7, 2018 Stanton: 'all I see is a tube' Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 7, 2018 Musk to Stanton: 'Please do not be rude' Elon Musk to Richard Stanton
July 7, 2018 Stanton apologises for tone, backs tube concept Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 8, 2018 Musk: engineers working 24 hours a day on capsule Elon Musk to Richard Stanton
July 8, 2018 Stanton: 'absolutely worth continuing' with the capsule Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 8, 2018 Musk: capsule parts being assembled and tested Elon Musk to Richard Stanton
July 8, 2018 Stanton: 'worried about the smallest lad' Richard Stanton to Elon Musk
July 17, 2018 Chief of staff drafts 'pedo guy' apology for Musk Sam Teller to Elon Musk
July 17, 2018 Musk rejects apology advice after 'pedo guy' tweet Elon Musk to Sam Teller
August 2, 2018 Musk's $420 take-private offer to Tesla's board Elon Musk to Tesla Board of Directors; Todd Maron; Deepak Ahuja
August 2, 2018 Gracias acknowledges Musk's take-private offer Antonio J. Gracias to Elon Musk (cc: Board of Directors; Todd Maron; Deepak Ahuja)
August 7, 2018 Ron Baron asks to stay invested in a private Tesla Ron Baron to Elon Musk
August 7, 2018 'Taking Tesla Private' email to employees Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
August 7, 2018 Comms chief warns Musk of FT story on Saudi stake Dave Arnold to Elon Musk
August 7, 2018 Musk's one-word reply on FT Saudi-stake story Elon Musk to Dave Arnold (cc: Deepak Ahuja; Todd Maron; Sarah O'Brien; Martin Viecha; EMDesk)
August 7, 2018 CFO tells Musk investors and SEC are asking about 'funding secured' Deepak Ahuja to Elon Musk (cc: Todd Maron)
August 7, 2018 Musk to investor Ron Baron: 'Absolutely' Elon Musk to Ron Baron (cc: David Baron; Michael Baron)
August 7, 2018 Musk approves the drafted 'Taking Tesla Private' email Elon Musk to Sarah O'Brien (cc: Todd Maron; Deepak Ahuja; Dave Arnold; Sam Teller)
August 7, 2018 Goldman's Dan Dees offers help on take-private Dan Dees to Elon Musk
August 8, 2018 Musk to Goldman's Dees: 'Will call' Elon Musk to Dan Dees (Goldman Sachs)
August 11, 2018 Musk to Goldman: Saudi Arabia 'would do the entire thing' Elon Musk to Dan Dees (Goldman Sachs)
August 12, 2018 Musk to general counsel: won't take Yasir's calls Elon Musk to Todd Maron (cc: Sam Teller)
August 14, 2018 Musk agrees to Goldman's take-private engagement terms Elon Musk to Dan Dees (Goldman Sachs) (cc: Sam Teller; Sam Britton)
August 14, 2018 Goldman's conditions for advising Musk on take-private Dan Dees to Elon Musk
August 29, 2018 BuzzFeed's Ryan Mac asks Musk about Unsworth's legal letter Ryan Mac to Elon Musk
August 29, 2018 Musk to BuzzFeed: 'Have you actually done any research at all?' Elon Musk to Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)
August 29, 2018 Ryan Mac replies: Unsworth does cave dive Ryan Mac to Elon Musk
August 30, 2018 'Stop defending child rapists' email to BuzzFeed's Ryan Mac Elon Musk to Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)
August 30, 2018 'On background' follow-up to BuzzFeed on the mini-sub Elon Musk to Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)
August 30, 2018 Ryan Mac follows up after doing 'due diligence' Ryan Mac to Elon Musk
August 31, 2018 Altman sends Musk the OpenAI LP term sheet: 'I won't take any equity' Sam Altman to Elon Musk; cc Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
September 4, 2018 Musk to PR adviser: 'Still, I'm a fucking idiot' Elon Musk to Juleanna Glover (outside PR adviser)
September 4, 2018 Musk: 'one of the dumbest things I've ever done' Elon Musk to Juleanna Glover (outside PR adviser)
September 4, 2018 Ryan Mac: 'I didn't agree for the conversation to be off the record' Ryan Mac to Elon Musk
September 4, 2018 Musk: publishing would 'destroy your journalistic credibility' Elon Musk to Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)
September 4, 2018 Ryan Mac offers to go off the record going forward Ryan Mac to Elon Musk
September 4, 2018 Musk: ask Unsworth about his history in Thailand Elon Musk to Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)
September 4, 2018 Ryan Mac after publication: still happy to talk Ryan Mac to Elon Musk
September 4, 2018 Musk to BuzzFeed reporter: 'Get lost, you creep' Elon Musk to Ryan Mac (BuzzFeed News)
September 7, 2018 Management changes; 'most amazing quarter in our history' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
September 28, 2018 'Ignore all distractions' after SEC lawsuit Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
September 29, 2018 'Very close to achieving profitability' - go all out Sunday Elon Musk to All employees of Tesla, Inc.
November 2018 'Now we need to prove financial sustainability' Elon Musk to Tesla employees
November 15, 2018 Push for 1,000 Model 3s a day by Nov 28 Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
November 30, 2018 1,000 Model 3s a day and the 'game of pennies' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
December 17, 2018 Altman's Dec 2018 update: Dota, robot hands, move to Microsoft Sam Altman to Elon Musk
December 17, 2018 Musk: 'Could probably meet Wed eve in SF' Elon Musk to Sam Altman
December 26, 2018 Musk: OpenAI's chance of being relevant 'is 0%. Not 1%' Elon Musk to Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman; cc Sam Altman, Shivon Zilis
January 18, 2019 7% layoff: 'the road ahead is very difficult' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
February 28, 2019 $35,000 Model 3 and shift to online-only sales Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
March 6, 2019 Altman sends Musk the draft capped-profit announcement Sam Altman to Elon Musk; cc Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
March 11, 2019 Musk: 'be explicit that I have no financial interest' in the for-profit Elon Musk to Sam Altman
March 11, 2019 Altman: 'on it' Sam Altman to Elon Musk
March 21, 2019 All hands on deliveries for last ten days of Q1 2019 Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
March 27, 2019 Clarifying store closures: 'seeds on barren ground' Elon Musk to Tesla employees
May 16, 2019 'Hardcore' review of every Tesla expense Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
May 22, 2019 50,000 net new orders; record quarter within reach Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
September 26, 2019 'A shot at' first 100,000-delivery quarter Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
December 4, 2019 December 2019 priorities: deliveries and solar Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
March 13, 2020 COVID-19 less risky than driving home Elon Musk to All SpaceX employees
March 16, 2020 Coronavirus: 'panic far exceeds' harm of the virus Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
May 7, 2020 Plan to restart Fremont production Elon Musk to Tesla employees (Fremont)
June 2020 Model Y ramp is top priority; 'minimize rectification' Elon Musk to Tesla production employees
June 6, 2020 Starship is the top SpaceX priority Elon Musk to All SpaceX employees
June 9, 2020 'Time to go all out' on Tesla Semi volume production Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
June 29, 2020 Q2 2020: 'Breaking even is looking super tight' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
December 1, 2020 Stock could be 'crushed like a soufflé under a sledgehammer' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
December 11, 2020 'High-class problem': demand exceeds production Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
2021 Starship surge: 'fly, drive, or get here by any means possible' Elon Musk to All SpaceX employees
June 18, 2021 Q2 2021: 'the next 12 days are super important' Elon Musk to Tesla employees
September 8, 2021 Q3 2021: 'biggest wave in Tesla history' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
October 4, 2021 Three actions allowed when Musk sends explicit directions Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
November 26, 2021 Minimize delivery cost, not the end-of-quarter rush Elon Musk to Everybody (all Tesla employees)
November 26, 2021 Raptor production crisis and 'genuine risk of bankruptcy' Elon Musk to All SpaceX employees
February 8, 2022 Neuralink: 'We could enable people to ... walk again' Elon Musk to Neuralink staff
February 8, 2022 Neuralink: 'We are simply not moving fast enough' Elon Musk to Neuralink staff
April 13, 2022 Best-and-final offer letter to buy Twitter at $54.20 Elon Musk to Bret Taylor, Chairman of the Board, Twitter
May 31, 2022 'Remote work is no longer acceptable' Elon Musk to Tesla executive staff (per press reports)
May 31, 2022 'To be super clear': 40 hours in the office or resign Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
May 31, 2022 SpaceX return-to-office: 40 hours a week in the office Elon Musk to SpaceX employees
June 2, 2022 'Super bad feeling' about economy; pause all hiring Elon Musk to Tesla executives
June 3, 2022 10% salaried headcount reduction Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
June 11, 2022 'More respect for you than the richest person on Wall St' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
June 11, 2022 'Very tough quarter' - rally hard to recover Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
November 2022 Musk to Kara Swisher: 'You're an asshole' Elon Musk to Kara Swisher
November 9, 2022 First all-staff email: remote work ends, dire economy Elon Musk to All Twitter employees
November 9, 2022 Second email: top priority is suspending verified bots and spam Elon Musk to All Twitter employees
November 14, 2022 Twitter will keep granting stock, SpaceX-style Elon Musk to Twitter employees
November 16, 2022 'A Fork in the Road': extremely hardcore ultimatum Elon Musk to All Twitter employees
November 17, 2022 Remote work allowed if manager vouches for excellence Elon Musk to All Twitter employees
November 17, 2022 Managers who falsely vouch for staff will be exited Elon Musk to All Twitter employees
November 18, 2022 'Anyone who actually writes software' report to 10th floor Elon Musk to Twitter employees (software engineers)
November 18, 2022 Flying to SF 'appreciated, but is not essential' Elon Musk to Twitter employees (software engineers)
November 18, 2022 Remote engineers: short technical interviews by video Elon Musk to Twitter employees (software engineers working remotely)
November 18, 2022 Fly to SF if possible; 'at Twitter HQ until midnight' Elon Musk to Twitter employees (software engineers)
November 18, 2022 Prepare for 'brief' code reviews as Musk walks the office Elon Musk to Twitter employees
November 18, 2022 World Cup support is the week's top priority Elon Musk to Twitter employees
December 10, 2022 Leak warning: violate your NDA and Twitter will seek damages Elon Musk to All Twitter employees
December 28, 2022 Don't be bothered by 'stock market craziness' Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
February 8, 2023 Pause new features for stability before Super Bowl Elon Musk to Twitter employees
February 27, 2023 'Performance Awards' email after weekend layoffs Elon Musk to Remaining Twitter employees
March 22, 2023 2:30 a.m. email: 'office is not optional' Elon Musk to Twitter employees
March 24, 2023 Stock grants at $20 billion valuation; 'inverse start-up' Elon Musk to Twitter employees
April 2023 To NPR: 'marinating in the Kool-Aid' Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
April 5, 2023 To NPR: 'Well, then we should fix it' Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
April 5, 2023 To NPR: 'fair and equal treatment' for media labels Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
April 6, 2023 To NPR: label still under review, 'We're digging into it' Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
May 2, 2023 To NPR: should we reassign @NPR to another company? Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
May 2, 2023 To NPR: policy is to recycle dormant handles Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
May 2, 2023 To NPR: 'National Pumpkin Radio' Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
May 3, 2023 To NPR: 'You suck.' (subject line only) Elon Musk to Bobby Allyn (NPR technology reporter)
May 15, 2023 Musk must personally approve every new hire Elon Musk to Tesla employees
July 23, 2023 Twitter is becoming X; last email from a Twitter address Elon Musk to Twitter employees
August 23, 2023 Cybertruck parts to 'sub 10 micron accuracy' Elon Musk to Tesla employees
March 25, 2024 Mandatory FSD demo ride before every delivery Elon Musk to Tesla employees (sales and delivery, North America)
April 2024 'Absolutely hard core' about headcount; Supercharger team cut Elon Musk to Tesla executives
April 14, 2024 Layoff of more than 10% of global workforce Elon Musk to All Tesla employees
June 2024 Stock option grants for 'exceptional performance' Elon Musk to Tesla employees
August 23, 2024 Stock options to be based on impact; submit one-page summary Elon Musk to X employees
January 2025 X growth stagnant, 'we're barely breaking even' Elon Musk to X employees
September 16, 2025 xAI staff: send one-page summary of last four weeks Elon Musk to All xAI employees
February 2, 2026 SpaceX acquires xAI: 'the next book' Elon Musk to SpaceX and xAI employees (also posted publicly on spacex.com)