Musk: will call Satya if terms are decent

From:: Elon Musk
Date:: August 30, 2016 (Header timestamp Tue, 30 Aug 2016 06:25:19 -0000 (UTC); late evening Aug 29 Pacific time)
To:: Sam Altman
Subject:: Re: microsoft/openAI

Sounds good I will call Satya if we get to decent terms. A simple text blog expressing appreciation of Microsoft's donation on our website will help them a lot. They can always point people to that.

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Musk agrees, says he will call Satya Nadella if the terms are decent, and suggests a simple blog post thanking Microsoft for the donation.

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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, satya-nadella, terms, musk-v-openai

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