Sutskever asks Musk for a phone call

From:: Ilya Sutskever
Date:: November 18, 2015 (Sent 8:41 PM; the chain's top message is dated Nov. 19, so the date of this reply (Nov. 18 or 19) is not certain)
To:: Elon Musk

Partial text. Only these passages were published; [...] marks a gap.

Hi, Elon. I would like to talk to you about this matter over the phone. Any chance you could call today before 4:00 PM., after 8:00 PM? Let me know what time works best for you. Ilya.

About this email

Sutskever asks Musk to call him to discuss his decision between the new lab and Google.

Notes

As read aloud by counsel at Sutskever's deposition (deposition Exhibit 3); punctuation is the court reporter's.

Where it came from

Court record; attribution confirmed.

Musk v. Altman (N.D. Cal., No. 4:24-cv-04722-YGR), Dkt. 391-46 (Ilya Sutskever deposition, Oct. 1, 2025; emails read into the record)

OpenAI, executive & internal. Tags: recruiting, ilya-sutskever, google, musk-v-openai

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