OpenAI Rejects Elon Musk’s $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of the Company

• OpenAI rejects Elon Musk's $97.4 billion takeover bid

  OpenAI attorney William Savitt said the proposal "is not in the best interests of OAI's mission and is rejected."
  
  CBS News - 4d
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  Elon Musk Leads $97.4 Billion Bid to Control OpenAI

  The billionaire is leading a group of investors in the unsolicited offer, which complicates the start-up’s plan to raise more money.
  
  The New York Times - Feb. 11
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  OpenAI Board Rejects $97.4 Billion Offer From Elon Musk

  This is Musk’s plan to stop the startup from becoming a for-profit firm.
  
  Inc. - 4d

• Elon Musk-led investor group offers $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI

  Billionaire Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in a $97.4 billion bid to take control of artificial intelligence pioneer OpenAI.
  
  CBS News - Feb. 10
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  Elon Musk and investors offering $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports

  Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in offering to buy control of OpenAI for $97.4 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
  
  NBC News - Feb. 10
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  How Elon Musk $97.4 billion bid complicates matters for OpenAI

  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has dismissed a $97.4 billion takeover bid led by rival Elon Musk, but the unsolicited offer could complicate Altman’s push to transform the maker of ChatGPT into a for-profit ...
  
  ABC News - Feb. 11
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  OpenAI Questions Rationale of Elon Musk’s Bid to Control the Company

  The company answered the billionaire’s offer in a legal filing, accusing him of hypocrisy.
  
  The New York Times - 6d
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  Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI, WSJ Reports

  In response to the news, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote: ‘no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want’.
  
  Inc. - Feb. 10
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  Behind Elon Musk’s Hostile Bid for Control of OpenAI

  The tech mogul is unlikely to win. But his goal may be more about making life difficult for the A.I. start-up and its leader, Sam Altman.
  
  The New York Times - Feb. 11

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