The dispute between Elon Musk and his rival Sam Altman took a new turn on Friday when the Openai Board of Directors rejected a $ 97.4 billion offer by an investment consortium led by the CEO of Tesla.
“Openai was not for sale, and the Board of Directors unanimously rejected Mr. Musk’s last attempt to disrupt his rival.”
Openai, which is based in San Francisco, is seeking a non -profit company behind Chatgpt, to become a profitable company. He participated in his founding, Altman, who is also the CEO.
On Friday, Taylor said, “Any potential reorganization for Openai will enhance a non -profit organization and its mission to ensure that AGI benefits humanity.”
Musk, the early investor in Openai, filed a lawsuit against non -profit organizations last year, claiming that she was leaving her mission in favor of humanity.
SPACEX CEO also leads AI, Xai, who is competing against Openai.
Musk bought a social media company in 2022 for $ 44 billion and changed the name to X.
An investment led by Musk announced on Monday its offer to buy Openai.
“If Sam German and the Board of Directors of Openai Inc. is determined to become a fully profitable company, it is important to compensate the charity for what its leadership robs: controlling our most transformative technology, Mark Tobrov, the lawyer who represents investors in a statement on Monday: “the time”.
“It is time for Openai to return to the open power that focuses on safety for good,” Musk said in a statement on Monday. “We will make sure that this happens.”
Altman answered X, saying: “No thanks to you, but we will buy Twitter for $ 9.74 billion if you want.”
In the court file on Wednesday, Tobrov said that Musk will withdraw its offer if the Openai Board of Directors “is ready to maintain the mission of the charitable institution and create a” for sale “mark on its assets by stopping its transfer.”
The MUSK’s investment, which includes Openai, includes Xai Corp. And Baron Capital Group Inc. Valor Management LLC, Atreides Management LP, Vy Fund III LP LP Partners VC LLC and Ari Emanuel’s Investment Fund, Emanuel Capital Management LLC. Emanuel is the CEO of Endeavor, based in Beverly Hills.
“They sell it to themselves in a small part of what Musk presented, enriching members of the Board of Directors, Altman, [OpenAI Co-founder and President Greg] “Will someone explain how this benefits” humanity “?