Elon Musk launched an application for 97.4 billion dollars to take control of Openai. Wall Street Journal reported a group of investors led by Musk Xai Presented on Monday an undesirable proposal to the board of directors of the company. The group wants to buy a non -profit organization that controls the commercial hand of Openai.
When they asked for a comment, the representative of Openai pointed to Engadget on X Post From the Director General of Sam Altman. “No, thanks, but we will buy Twitter for $ 9.74 billion, if you want,” wrote Altman on the Musk social networks platform.
On Friday, the board of directors of Openai officially rejected Musk's proposal. “Openai is not for sale, and the Council unanimously rejected the last attempt to destroy its competition,” the company said in the response attributed to Bret Taylor, chairman of the board of directors of Openai. “Any potential reorganization of Openai will strengthen our non -profit and its mission to ensure the benefits of ADI throughout humanity.”
Taylor, by the way, was the chairman of the Twitter council before Musk bought a platform of social networks for 44 billion dollars in 2022Field
“Openai is not for sale, and the board unanimously rejected the last attempt of the Mask to violate its competition. Any potential reorganization of Openai will strengthen our non -profit organization and its mission to ensure the benefits of ADI to all humanity. ”
– Breeite Taylor, chair, on behalf of …
– Openai Newsroom (@openainewsroom) February 14, 2025
“The time has come for OpenAi to return into force focused on security forever MagazineThe field “We will make sure that this happens.”
It is difficult to say how serious this bet is from mask and what, if any, it is likely, it should succeed. Openai is not a traditional company, but Non -profit structure Sam Altman and others in the company want it to leave on May, actually protect him from the offer of Musk. The commercial company with publicly traded shares of MUSK will probably cause what is known in corporate law as the moment Revlon, where, under certain circumstances, the company’s board will be forced to sell the highest price in order to maximize the profit of shareholders with a field
Update 02/14 16:34 et: Added an answer from the board of directors of Openai.
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