Elon Musk Bids $97.4 Billion for OpenAI in Ongoing Feud

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Elon Musk Bids $97.4 Billion for OpenAI in Ongoing Feud
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Elon Musk is leading an investment group offering $97.4 billion for OpenAI, the nonprofit that controls the ChatGPT-maker, escalating his conflict with the company. Musk's attorney submitted the bid to OpenAI's board of directors, prompting a witty response from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X, formerly Twitter. Musk has been locked in a public feud with Altman, filing multiple lawsuits against OpenAI. Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 but left in 2018 and launched his own AI startup, xAI, in 2023.

San Francisco, United States – Elon Musk is leading an investment group offering $97.4 billion for the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, marking a new front in his war with the ChatGPT-maker, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015, with the company becoming the world’s leading AI startup since he left in 2018. He launched his own generative AI startup, xAI, in 2023. Musk established xAI in early 2023 to have a foothold in the technology expected to disrupt how people live and work. The venture, called Stargate, “will invest $500 billion, at least, in AI infrastructure in the United States,” Trump said in remarks at the White House.

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