Court Documents Show Altman Proposed Microsoft Acquisition to Retain CEO Role in November 2023

According to court filings released on May 7, documents from the Musk v. Altman case revealed text messages between Sam Altman and then-CTO Mira Murati from November 19, 2023, when OpenAI's board suddenly removed Altman as CEO. During the crisis, Altman proposed that Microsoft acquire OpenAI to satisfy the board's governance requirements. Murati conveyed the proposal to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, who appeared non-committal. The strategy ultimately failed, but Altman's position was restored five days later after over 700 OpenAI employees threatened to resign and join him at Microsoft, including chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. The board was subsequently restructured, with three members departing.
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