University of Michigan $20M investment turned into $2B
This story kind of flew under the radar last week..
As part of the court filings in the Elon Musk - OpenAI Case a rather shrewd and potentially lucrative investment came to light.
$20 million dollar investment by the University of Michigan in OpenAI is now valued at $2 Billion dollars 💵
An early investment detailed in Elon Musk’s federal lawsuit against Sam Altman suggests UM could see major returns — even ahead of Microsoft. But the university's ties to the tech giant may already run deep.
— MLive (@mlive.com) 2026-05-09T00:12:05.125Z
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