Did Musk initially envision OpenAI as a corporation?

Live updates from Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s court battle over the future of OpenAI In an email a month before OpenAI was incorporated, Musk apparently wrote to Altman suggesting that “a standard c-corp with a parallel nonprofit” could work for the entity. Questioning about this quickly runs off the rails as Musk starts accusing Savitt of trying to “trick” him, comparing his questions to asking Musk if he’s stopped beating his wife. Judge Gonzalez Rogers is having none of this and cuts him off. A free daily digest of the news that matters most.