Elon Musk during a SpaceX press conference. (Source: Daniel Oberhaus, Wikimedia Commons)
A group of investors around Tesla CEO Elon Musk wants to buy the non-profit organization behind Openaai for $ 97.4 billion. First reported that Wall Street Journal Referring to anonymous sources of the offer. Openai is primarily known for the Chatbot Chatgpt.
Musk's lawyer Marc Toberoff took off shortly afterwards CNBC Position: The offer was submitted on Monday and It was time for Openaai to become the open source and safety-focused power of the good again that it was once.
With the offer you want to acquire all the assets of the organization and you Use only for the original charitable mission of Openai, Inc.
In addition, the group of investors wants to do with future offers from other interested parties.
Openai CEO Sam Altman reacted to Musk's short message service X. No thanks, but we would buy Twitter for 9.74 billion if you like.
Musk bought the social platform, which was still known as Twitter, in October 2022 for around $ 44 billion. Musk's answer failed briefly – he only called Altman Schwindler
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In addition, Openai did not want to comment on the offer. According to an unspecified source, the company should not have seen the offer so far.
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Musk, Altman, Openaai: A trio with a past
The two billionaires Musk and Altman have a common past at Openaai: in 2015 they both were among the founding members of the organization, which was primarily funded at the time, whose profit -oriented subsidiary of the same name was only founded in 2019.
At the foundation, the organization aimed to make AI research available to the general public under open source guidelines.
In 2018 Musk Openaai left-officially to avoid conflicts of interest with Tesla's AI developments. However, since 2023 he has repeatedly criticized Openai and Altman. Highly unethical and illegal.
In March 2024 even filed a complaint And accused the organization with the establishment of the profit -oriented company.
A tactical offer?
The headline around Elon Musk is currently lined up with the headline – especially since Donald Trump took office three weeks ago.
The Department of Government Efficiency (Department of Government Efficiency = Doge), which he led to, is drawn by US authorities such as the Ministry of Finance or the Health Authority and paralyzes them with austerity measures. He actively interferes in the Europe election campaign, mobs on X and causes a sensation with a gesture that is generally interpreted as a Hitler salute.
The amount of news has a method – and even a name: Flood the Zone
denotes a strategy in which one signs at such high speeds and so vivid decisions, meets statements and crosses limits that the political counterpart, but also media, courts and individuals, do not come after.
It is not yet possible to finally say whether the Openai offer is part of the strategy.
The fact that Musk's offer to the Altman, which is not friendly to him, does not even include two thirds of the current rating of Openai in the amount of $ 157 billion is more important for a political game than on a seriously meant takeover offer.
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