Altman: negotiated $50M Microsoft compute donation

From:: Sam Altman
Date:: August 29, 2016 (Sent 10:00 AM)
To:: Elon Musk
Subject:: microsoft/openAI

I have negotiated a $50 million compute donation from them over the next 3 years! Do you have any reason not to like them, or care about us switching over from Amazon?

About this email

Altman tells Musk he has negotiated a $50 million compute donation from Microsoft over three years and asks if Musk objects to switching from Amazon.

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Court record; attribution confirmed.

Musk v. Altman (N.D. Cal., No. 4:24-cv-04722-YGR), Dkt. 379-38 (Exhibit 4 to Microsoft's summary judgment motion, filed Jan. 6, 2026)

OpenAI, executive & internal. Tags: microsoft, compute, amazon, donation, musk-v-openai

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