Microsoft、OpenAIがAmazonに乗り換えてAzureを中傷することを恐れていた
2018年のメールから、MicrosoftがOpenAIに10億ドルを投資した理由の一つは、同スタートアップがAmazonへ移行しAzureを貶めるのを防ぐためだったことが明らかになった。
Court documents from the Elon Musk v. Sam Altman trial expose Microsoft's internal logic before its $1 billion OpenAI investment. Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott told CEO Satya Nadella in 2018 that refusing OpenAI's request for compute funding risked the startup "storming off to Amazon" and "shit-talk[ing]" Azure. While executives questioned the ROI of covering OpenAI's compute costs, Microsoft ultimately moved forward with the deal to prevent competitors from gaining OpenAI's influence and credibility in the AI community.