An unexpected fact about Gabe Newell and his connection to AI has surfaced

Documents have been published showing that Gabe Newell, the founder of Steam, invested $20 million into OpenAI, a company focused on AI development

This is indicated by data that surfaced during the court case between Elon Musk and Sam Altman

The documents suggest that Gabe Newell became one of the key investors back in 2018. Moreover it is noted that the billionaire also acted as an unofficial advisor to the company. However Newell himself has not commented on this information

Fans believe that the project could have interested the Steam founder because of the success of AI bots in Dota 2, which once managed to defeat world champions in a competitive match. Also dataminers previously found mentions that Valve might be developing AI for Steam, but there have been no official announcements yet