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Elon Musk said Gabe Newell gets 'two thumbs up from me' for the OpenAI board but Jeff Bezos is 'clueless'

By Rich Stanton Published

News Newell was among the "top suggestions for board members" made to Musk.

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Gabe Newell makes surprise appearance in an ad for the yacht company he bought last year, riding around in his $500 million boat

By Andy Chalk Published

news Are you in the market for a superyacht? Maybe Gabe can help.

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Gabe Newell was an enthusiastic supporter of OpenAI in 2018, donating $20 million and even acting as the sole member of an 'informal advisory board'

By Rich Stanton Published

News $20,008,279, to be precise.

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Gabe Newell, Hideo Kojima and Elon Musk
Thanks to Musk v. Altman lawsuit, it's now public record that Gabe Newell emailed Elon Musk to get his pal Hideo Kojima a tour of SpaceX and OpenAI

By Shaun Prescott Published

News The man really wants to go to space.

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'Obviously we love the PC,' Gabe Newell told us 15 years ago, but his focus was on 'a responsibility to gamers and game developers'

By Andy Chalk Published

news Sony boosts PlayStation and Microsoft promotes Xbox, but the Valve boss said Steam takes a slightly different approach.

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Gabe Newell talks about Steam Next Fest | PC Gaming Show E3 2021
Gabe Newell once said Steam wasn't 'the answer to digital distribution,' proving that even Gabe Newell is wrong about stuff sometimes

By Andy Chalk Published

news Newell said things "change dramatically" every two or three years, but not all things, as it turns out.

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Gabe Newell stepped back from game design during Portal 2's development, because 'he always wanted to be part of the team, but being Gabe and being in his position, that never really worked'

By Rich Stanton Published

News Portal 2 project lead Josh Weier says Newell didn't want to impose his ideas on designers, but being one of them wasn't an option.

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Gabe Newell in a Valve promotional video, on a yacht.
'Golden goose' indie games get Gabe Newell's attention, says Steam expert: 'You're like a little goblin that has a magical power to turn straw into gold'

By Harvey Randall Published

News "He will say to you, 'oh god, please spin these wishlists into gold.'"

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Estimates peg Valve as a capitalism fusion reactor, making such ungodly money per employee that it's no wonder Gabe Newell bought all those yachts and the whole damn yacht company

By Joshua Wolens Published

News But bear in mind estimates are all we have to go off until an accountant leaves Valve's books in a bar.

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Gabe Newell in a Valve promotional video, on a yacht.
Gabe Newell caps off Steam Machine week by taking delivery of a new $500 million superyacht with a submarine garage, on-board hospital and 15 gaming PCs

By Rich Stanton Published

News "We knew we were asking for unusual things," says Newell, "and Oceanco embraced it with open arms."

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