OpenAI Board Unanimously Declines Musk-Led Group's $97.4 Billion Acquisition Bid
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The OpenAI board has unanimously rejected a whopping $97.4 billion from a consortium led by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been eying to buy ChatGPT. The board formally refused to accept the offer and made it clear that the startup is not for sale.
The move was seen as Musk’s attempt to block the company from becoming a “for-profit” firm as it looks to secure more capital and stay ahead in the AI race.
The SpaceX CEO co-founded the firm with CEO Sam Altman but later left the company.
“OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his competition. Any potential reorganization of OpenAI will strengthen our nonprofit and its mission to ensure AGI benefits all of humanity,” OpenAI said on X, quoting its chair Bret Taylor, on behalf of its board.
The remarks from the board came days after Altman refused the offer on Monday with a “no thank you” on X, prompting Musk to retort: “Swindler.”
While pushing to buy the entity, the consortium led by Musk maintained that it would withdraw its bid for OpenAI’s non-profit arm if it drops plans to become a for-profit entity.
The consortium laid out the aforementioned conditions in a court filing submitted by the billionaire’s lawyer, Reuters reported. “Two days ago, you filed a pleading in court adding new material conditions to the proposal. As a result of that filing, it is now apparent that your clients’ much publicized ‘bid’ is in fact not a bid at all,” the OpenAI board said, according to a letter signed by William Savitt, a lawyer representing the company, sent to Musk’s lawyer Marc Toberoff on Friday.
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