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OpenAI exists only due to massive cash injections from MSFT (and initially from Musk). Saying that they shouldn't have done the MSFT deal is like saying they sh
by crop_rotation 3y ago
OpenAI exists only due to massive cash injections from MSFT (and initially from Musk). Saying that they shouldn't have done the MSFT deal is like saying they shouldn't have started the thing.
- cco 3y agoSorta yes and no. Huge capital injections became a necessity _after_ the release of ChatGPT. Pre-ChatGPT capital costs were much lower for OpenAI, the popularity of their chat bot (100 WAU apparently) created an existential crisis for capital. Before that, as a pure research organization, capital requirements were much smaller and (probably) could have chugged along without a player like MSFT, or at least a much lighter partnership.
- crop_rotation 3y agoTraining GPT3 required massive amount of compute, and not to mention paying top salary for top talent. Billions were injected even before chatgpt was anywhere near.
- cco 3y agoNot denying it took a lot of money, but the scales are different. I think they've raised $14b or so and all but 1b of that was in the last 10 months