Below is the a transcript of the recent deposition of Ilya Sutskever on his time at OpenAI and the firing of Sam Altman. I'm posting it here in plain text so that it is easier to read and discuss.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION

ELON MUSK, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

v.

SAMUEL ALTMAN, et al.,
Defendants.

Case No. 4:24-cv-04722-YGR

VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF ILYA SUTSKEVER

San Francisco, California
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

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ATTORNEY MOLO: Well, you put -- you put these two screenshots in your memo; correct?

WITNESS SUTSKEVER: Yes.

ATTORNEY MOLO: All right. And then you sent your 52-page memo, Exhibit 19, to the independent directors of the board; correct?

WITNESS SUTSKEVER: Correct.

ATTORNEY MOLO: All right. Why didn't you send it to the entire board?

WITNESS SUTSKEVER: Because we were having the discussions with the independent directors only.

ATTORNEY MOLO: Okay. And what -- why didn't you send it to Sam Altman?

WITNESS SUTSKEVER: Because I felt that, had he become aware of these discussions, he would just find a way to make them disappear.

ATTORNEY MOLO: Okay. Were you careful about what you included in this document?

ATTORNEY [...]

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First published:
November 2nd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9mp6vBwxitoZcvDmG/ilya-sutskever-deposition-transcript

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“Ilya Sutskever Deposition Transcript” by anaguma

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