Not a single unit was sold. He didn’t receive any orders. Not a single one. Only one person in the world wanted it. That person was Musk. At the time, Musk said, “I have a company that might be able to use this.” Jensen Huang’s first reaction: “My first customer is here!” But then Musk added, “It’s a non-profit company.” When Jensen Huang heard that, his face turned pale. He had spent billions of dollars developing this thing. The cost per unit was $300,000. How could a non-profit organization afford it? That company was called OpenAI. In the end, Jensen Huang still packed up the first machine he built by hand. He personally drove it to San Francisco. And delivered it to #马斯克 in 2016. This story is quite interesting. One was a “non-profit” AI lab founded for the future of humanity. The other was a hardware giant who foresaw the need for future computing power. Their starting points seemed so pure. But looking at OpenAI today— Is it still that non-profit organization? Its operating model, equity structure, and business ambitions seem to be drifting further and further away from the “non-profit” label. How did the original idealism eventually step by step turn into a business empire? What happened in between?
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#黄仁勋 released his new product. #ai
Not a single unit was sold.
He didn’t receive any orders.
Not a single one.
Only one person in the world wanted it.
That person was Musk.
At the time, Musk said, “I have a company that might be able to use this.”
Jensen Huang’s first reaction: “My first customer is here!”
But then Musk added, “It’s a non-profit company.”
When Jensen Huang heard that, his face turned pale.
He had spent billions of dollars developing this thing.
The cost per unit was $300,000.
How could a non-profit organization afford it?
That company was called OpenAI.
In the end, Jensen Huang still packed up the first machine he built by hand.
He personally drove it to San Francisco.
And delivered it to #马斯克 in 2016.
This story is quite interesting.
One was a “non-profit” AI lab founded for the future of humanity.
The other was a hardware giant who foresaw the need for future computing power.
Their starting points seemed so pure.
But looking at OpenAI today—
Is it still that non-profit organization?
Its operating model, equity structure, and business ambitions seem to be drifting further and further away from the “non-profit” label.
How did the original idealism eventually step by step turn into a business empire?
What happened in between?