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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Bill Gates told him his big bet on OpenAI would be a flop: 'Yeah, you’re going to burn this billion dollars'


valuable private company, but when Microsoft originally invested $1 billion in the startup in 2019, it was less than a sure bet. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella faced pushback even from the company’s cofounder and original CEO, Bill Gates, he recalled during an interview on tech-focused YouTube channel TBPN.

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