Musk: good talk with Ilya; 'need to do more in comp'

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: November 20, 2015 (Time not stated)
To:: Sam Altman

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I had a good conversation with Ilya yesterday. We definitely need to do more in comp and he asked for a commitment on my part to be involved which I agreed to.

About this email

Musk reports to Altman that he spoke with Sutskever, that compensation must be improved, and that he agreed to Sutskever's request for a commitment that Musk would be involved.

Notes

As read aloud by counsel at Sutskever's deposition (deposition Exhibit 5, Bates 2024MUSK-0005266); the email may contain more text than was read. Subject line not stated.

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, compensation, involvement, musk-v-openai

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