Altman: 'i remain enthusiastic about the non-profit structure!'

From:: Sam Altman
Date:: September 21, 2017
To:: Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever; cc Greg Brockman, Sam Teller, Shivon Zilis
Subject:: Re: Honest Thoughts

i remain enthusiastic about the non-profit structure!

About this email

Altman's one-line response to Musk's ultimatum, affirming the non-profit structure.

Notes

Text taken from the LessWrong transcription (habryka, Nov 16 2024), which the compiler states was checked against the originals. Sent Sep 21, 2017 9:17 AM.

Where it came from

Court record; attribution confirmed.

Musk v. Altman (N.D. Cal.) court exhibits, CourtListener docket
LessWrong: OpenAI Email Archives (from Musk v. Altman and OpenAI blog)
OpenAI blog: Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit

OpenAI, executive & internal. Tags: nonprofit, negotiation, short-reply, musk-v-openai

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