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Sam Altman Dismisses Elon Musk’s Bid to Buy OpenAI in Letter to Staff


OpenAI’s CEO claims the company has yet to receive an official offer from Elon Musk’s team, sources say.

In a letter to OpenAI staff Monday, the CEO put the words “bid” and “deal” in scare quotes and said the startup’s board has no interest in the offer. A group of investors led by Musk stunned the tech industry on Monday when they announced an unsolicited offer to buy all of OpenAI’s assets to the tune of $97.4 billion. Musk has sued OpenAI multiple times for, among other things, allegedly violating its original commitments as a nonprofit by transitioning to become a for-profit company.

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