Justin Sullivan
- Satya Nadella's past comments about OpenAI are being praised by Silicon Valley types.
- His remarks have resurfaced after Microsoft poached Inflection AI's cofounder to lead its AI push.
- Nadella made the comments in November just after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was fired.
Satya Nadella is winning plaudits for comments taking OpenAI down a peg or two.
Silicon Valley types are showering the Microsoft CEO with praise for his remarks in November that Microsoft is "below them, above them, around them" in reference to OpenAI.
Bill Gurley, a venture capitalist at Benchmark, said on X: "This is wild."
Zak Kukoff, a former General Catalyst partner, also weighed in: "I have to give it to Satya. This is such a baller quote."