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Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure

The Verge · May 8, 2026, 3:25 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

Open AI CEO Sam Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. | Image: Getty Images When Open AI was busy experimenting with AI-powered gaming bots, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Open AI CEO Sam Altman were in the early days of forming an AI partnership. Court documents from the ongoing Musk v. Altman trial have provided a rare look at the communications between Microsoft's top executives about investing in Open AI and fears the AI startup could "storm off to Amazon" and "shit-talk" Microsoft. Just days after OpenAI showed a bot beating a Dota 2 professional in the summer of 2017, Altman responded to Nadella's congratulations email with a proposal for a much bigger partnership with OpenAI to fund its next phase of AI resear … Read the full story at The Verge.

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