That’s interesting. I did see YC listed as a major funding source, but given Sam Altman’s listed loans/donations, I assumed, because YC has little or nothing to do with Musk, that YC’s interest was Altman, Paul Graham, or just YC collectively. I hadn’t seen anything at all about YC being used as a cutout for Musk. So assuming the Guardian didn’t screw up its understanding of the finances there completely (the media is constantly making mistakes in reporting on finances and charities in particular, but this seems pretty detailed and specific and hard to get wrong), I agree that that confirms Musk did donate money to get OA started and it was a meaningful sum.
But it still does not seem that Musk donated the majority or even plurality of OA donations, much less the $1b constantly quoted (or any large fraction of the $1b collective pledge, per ESRogs).
That’s interesting. I did see YC listed as a major funding source, but given Sam Altman’s listed loans/donations, I assumed, because YC has little or nothing to do with Musk, that YC’s interest was Altman, Paul Graham, or just YC collectively. I hadn’t seen anything at all about YC being used as a cutout for Musk. So assuming the Guardian didn’t screw up its understanding of the finances there completely (the media is constantly making mistakes in reporting on finances and charities in particular, but this seems pretty detailed and specific and hard to get wrong), I agree that that confirms Musk did donate money to get OA started and it was a meaningful sum.
But it still does not seem that Musk donated the majority or even plurality of OA donations, much less the $1b constantly quoted (or any large fraction of the $1b collective pledge, per ESRogs).