The University of Michigan invested $20 million into OpenAI early. Now it could make $2 billion.

A University of Michigan flag. Jaime Crawford/Getty Images University of Michigan's $20 million bet on OpenAI could yield billions, a court exhibit shows. The school's investment arrived before Microsoft poured billions into the AI lab. OpenAI's meteoric rise means the potential for huge windfalls for early investors. University of Michigan made a very good, very early bet on OpenAI. Investors running the public school's endowments put $20 million into one of the AI lab's earliest fundraisi...