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		jprete on March 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk sues Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, and Open... That wasn't the donors' doing at all, though. If anything it was an illustration of the powerlessness of the donors and the non-profit structure without the force of law backing it up.

lolinder on March 1, 2024 [–]

Microsoft is the single largest donor by a wide margin, and they were absolutely pulling the strings in that incident.

jprete on March 1, 2024 | [–]

Did they donate, or did they buy equity in the for-profit arm? I thought it was the latter, and that Azure credits were part of that deal?

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