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Probably as an acquihire? For MS, it makes hugely sense to buy an industry leading AI org at $100B, or even more than that. 75% of OpenAI's profit is very small
by summerlight 3y ago
Probably as an acquihire? For MS, it makes hugely sense to buy an industry leading AI org at $100B, or even more than that. 75% of OpenAI's profit is very small compared to what they'll get by this hypothetical acquisition.
- wrsh07 3y agoTbh I don't think OpenAI would sell for 100bb unless they are seriously strapped for cash and can't fundraise any other way. Given their current revenue projections I would be surprised if that happened
- strangattractor 3y agoThey spent $8 billion to buy Skype in 2011.
- wrsh07 3y agoTo be clear: I think Microsoft would gladly pay 100bb to acquire OpenAI (although I think that one would give the lawyers a headache given the weird corporate structure) I don't think OpenAI would sell though The top people at OpenAI are all ideologically motivated