Microsoft’s early investments in OpenAI may seem like a no-brainer today, but Satya Nadella says the company and its founder, Bill Gates, saw the decision as a risk back then.
Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, less than four years after its founding. The company has since invested over $13 billion in the ChatGPT maker.
But getting that first investment deal across the finish line wasn’t that straightforward, Nadella said in an interview with
Satya Nadella Said Bill Gates Warned Against Investing in OpenAI
