Microsoft had planned to earn a $92 billion return from its early investment in OpenAI.

According to Bloomberg, Microsoft’s early 2023 planning documents set a target of generating $92 billion in returns from its early large-scale investment in OpenAI. This information was disclosed on May 11 local time during a trial at the U.S. Federal Court in Oakland, California, related to Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in court that “the investment worked well because we took the risk.”