Musk asks Nvidia's Huang for an early DGX-1

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: April 13, 2016 (Sent Wednesday 12:01 AM)
To:: Jensen Huang (Nvidia CEO)
Subject:: DGX-1

can OpenAI buy one of the early units? The team was asking me about this earlier today. OpenAI is unaffiliated with Tesla. It is a non-profit funded by me and a few others with the goal of developing safe AGI (and hopefully not paving the road to hell with good intentions).

About this email

Musk asks Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang whether OpenAI can buy one of the first DGX-1 supercomputers, describing OpenAI as a nonprofit unaffiliated with Tesla and funded by him and a few others.

Notes

Sent from Musk's Tesla address. Also shown at the 2026 jury trial (reported as trial Exhibit 70).

Where it came from

Court record; attribution confirmed.

Musk v. Altman (N.D. Cal., No. 4:24-cv-04722-YGR), Dkt. 379-74 (Exhibit 34, filed Jan. 6, 2026)
The Verge, 'All the evidence unveiled so far in Musk v. Altman' (Apr 2026)
Olhar Digital summary of trial exhibits (Apr 30, 2026)

OpenAI, outside & personal. Tags: nvidia, jensen-huang, compute, dgx-1, nonprofit, musk-v-openai

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