OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent

Re:OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent by robswc on Monday August 26, 2024 @10:50PM (#41364189)

How in the world was Musk still paying for it? lol.

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Re:OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent by samspenc on Monday August 26, 2024 @11:33PM (#41364365)

I was very surprised by this as well. From the article: "The person familiar with OpenAI’s departure said the company’s rent had not been covered by a typical lease, but rather a less formal agreement paid for by Musk, the billionaire who also controls automaker Tesla and social media firm X."

Surprising OpenAI and Microsoft were OK with this after a $13B investment.

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Re:OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:29AM (#41364572)

> Surprising OpenAI and Microsoft were OK with this

I’d give it a 50/50 that the Microsoft deal team is learning about this now.

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Re:OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent by stoobs on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:53AM (#41366150)

I guess their due diligence was less than stellar in that case?

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Re:OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent by thelastparadise on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @08:01AM (#41366612)

Unknown unknowns

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Re:OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent by valianteffort on Monday August 26, 2024 @11:10PM (#41364268)

Probably earmarked from his initial $100m seed money

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Re:OpenAI exits SF HQ after Elon Musk stops paying their rent by bastawhiz on Monday August 26, 2024 @11:07PM (#41364257)

Musk was renting the space and it seems had a contract with OpenAI allowing it to use it at no cost. Neuralink had also been headquartered there.

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