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Helen Toner funded OpenAI with $30M, which was enough to get a board seat at the time.



Source? Where did that money come from?


From Open Philanthropy - a Dustin Moskovitz funded non-profit working on building OpenAI type initiatives. They also gave OpenAI the initial $30M. She was their observer.

https://www.openphilanthropy.org/grants/openai-general-suppo...




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