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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by purple_ferret on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @11:55AM (#38381710)
Perhaps creating OpenAI as a charity is what has allowed it to become what it is, whereas other for-profit competitors are worth much less. How else do you get a guy like Elon Musk to 'donate' $100 million to your company?

Lots of ventures cut corners early on that they eventually had to pay for, but cutting the corners was crucial to their initial success and growth

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Re:We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to retu... by baking on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @12:08PM (#38381895)
Elon only gave $40 million, but since he was the primary donor I suspect he was the one who was pushing for the "public charity" designation/ He and Sam were co-founders. Maybe it was Sam who asked Elon for the money, but there wasn't anyone else involved.
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