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# Microsoft’s OpenAI board exit, via @unusual\_whales — confirmed; Apple passed

Reported on July 10, 2024. Microsoft gave up its observer seat; Apple no longer pursued one.

Leaked on 10 July 2024

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On July 10, 2024, @unusual\_whales posted that Microsoft was quitting OpenAI’s board, citing a news report.

> **unusual\_whales** @unusual\_whales
>
> BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, is quitting the board of OpenAI, per Bloomberg
>
> 7,816 likes · 928 reposts · counts as of 09 Nov 2026, 07:12 UTC
>
> — unusual\_whales (@unusual\_whales) [July 10, 2024](https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1810914358676910561)

not in our leaker index

[TechSpot](https://www.techspot.com/news/103756-microsoft-steps-down-openai-board-apple-not-join.html) reported that day that Microsoft stepped down from its board role and that Apple would not join. [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/11/microsoft-giving-up-openai-board-observer-seat-doesnt-settle-concerns.html) reported on July 11 that Microsoft had given up its observer seat and Apple would no longer pursue one, citing another newspaper’s report.

Confirmed. It was an observer seat, not a voting seat.

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## What happened later

Confirmed.

## Sources

* [Original X post by @unusual\_whales](https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/1810914358676910561)
* [TechSpot — Microsoft steps down from OpenAI board, Apple will not take observer seat](https://www.techspot.com/news/103756-microsoft-steps-down-openai-board-apple-not-join.html)
* [CNBC — Microsoft giving up OpenAI board observer seat doesn't settle concerns](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/07/11/microsoft-giving-up-openai-board-observer-seat-doesnt-settle-concerns.html)

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