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But that's not how it played out though. MS offered them a new home, so from the outside at least, they had leverage that any other player could have had.
by manojlds 3y ago
But that's not how it played out though. MS offered them a new home, so from the outside at least, they had leverage that any other player could have had.
- lolinder 3y agoMS very quickly had an agreement with the ex-CEO to form OpenAI 2.0 within Microsoft. Maybe another player could have done that, but it seems more likely that Sam Altman and Microsoft have a Special Relationship.
- AlexandrB 3y agoNot based on what Satya Nadella said in an interview: > "We have all the rights and all the capability. I mean, look, right, if tomorrow, if OpenAI disappeared, I don't want any customer of ours to be worried about it, quite honestly, because we have all of the rights to continue the innovation, not just to serve the products."[1] If you're an OpenAI employee looking to continue working on the product, would you rather go to SalesForce and start from scratch or Microsoft and continue (roughly) where you left off? [1] https://stackdiary.com/satya-nadella-we-have-all-the-rights-and-all-the-capability/ https://stackdiary.com/satya-nadella-we-have-all-the-rights-...