OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is working closely with Microsoft and by extension the CEO of software giant Satya Nadella. During a recent interview with Lex Fridman, Sam Altman delved into Microsoft's role in the partnership between the companies and talked about what he thinks of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Sam Altman, a ChatGPT-maker and OpenAI CEO, spoke highly of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and the partnership between the two companies. Altman praised Nadella for being both a great leader and manager, describing him as both visionary and super effective. He noted Nadella's compassion and patience with his employees.
Altman said that most CEOs are either great leaders or great managers. He is both from what I have observed with Satya. He is a supervisionist who really gets people excited and makes long lasting and correct calls. He is a super effective hands-on executive and manager. Altman went on to say that he is a big Satya fan and that the partnership between Microsoft and OpenAI has been amazing. He said that Nadella, along with Kevin Scott from Microsoft, have been very aligned with OpenAI and have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make the partnership work.
Altman said that the two companies have continued to ramp up their investment in each other despite the challenges of working with a big and complex company.
Microsoft has invested $10 billion in OpenAI and will increase its investments in the development and deployment of specialized supercomputing systems. This will help accelerate OpenAI's independent AI research. Azure is a Microsoft product that powers all OpenAI workloads across research, products, and API services.
The collaboration between OpenAI and Microsoft has raised concerns for prominent personalities, including Elon Musk, who has been very vocal about the partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft. Musk has openly claimed that Microsoft has exclusive access to OpenAI's complete codebase. He said that OpenAI used to be a non-profit company, but now it has turned into a for-profit company.