Ilya Sutskever ·OpenAI ·12 JUL 2017

When you can't invent the answer, buy the conditions under which the answer becomes findable.

Sam Altman ·OpenAI ·6 MAR 2019

When your mission and your capital needs collide, invent the vehicle first — then go raise.

Sam Altman ·OpenAI ·31 AUG 2018

If your mission truly comes first, your legal structure has to prove it — even to yourself.

Elon Musk & Andrej Karpathy ·OpenAI ·1 FEB 2018

If you can't match a giant's scale, publishing your best ideas is a subsidy to them, not a strategy against them.

Elon Musk & Andrej Karpathy ·OpenAI ·1 FEB 2018

Open research without a profit engine isn't idealism — it's free R&D for whoever has the bigger bank account.

Greg Brockman ·OpenAI ·31 JAN 2018

When you can't outspend competitors, out-trust them — moral high ground is a strategic asset, not a slogan.