Both EU and US regulators are circling around Microsoft’s deal with OpenAI as a watchdog to effectively acquire the company without raising antitrust concerns.
It will be interesting to see how they argue 49% ownership & a non-voting board seat is equivalent to owning the company.
Clearly the board could fIre the CEO without Microsoft’s input and Satya only got his way by threatening to hire away all the employees. Any big tech could have done that.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/19/doj-ftc-microsoft-openai-antitrust-00136624
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2024-01-20 02:18:34
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