Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and the world’s wealthiest individual, has proposed a $97.4 billion offer to acquire OpenAI. This move intensifies the ongoing power conflict between Musk and OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, regarding the future of technology. The consortium making the offer includes Musk’s xAI, investment firm Vy Capital, and Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel.
This marks the latest and most aggressive attempt to take control of OpenAI, a company he helped found back in 2015, but had to leave in 2018 because of some internal conflicts and the company’s direction. However, experts believe that it is highly unlikely that this deal will go forward as most of the board members are closely aligned with Altman, who hilariously dismissed Musk’s proposal. In an X post, Altman said, “No thank you, but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.” To this, Musk replied with just one word, “Swindler”.
