An investor consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk is offering 97.4 billion dollars to buy the non -profit organization that controls the OpenAi artificial intelligence startup, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The offer intensifies a long battle between the CEO of Openai, Sam Altman, and Musk about the future of the startup in the heart of a generative the AI technology.
Musk’s lawyer Marc Uberooff said he presented the offer to the OpenAI Board on Monday, according to the report.
“It’s time for Openai to be the strength of the open source good and security centered that once was,” the WSJ to Musk cited in a statement proportionate to Uberoff. “We will make sure that happens.”
Openai, Musk, Ucoff and Openai sponsor, Microsoft, did not immediately respond to Reuters comments requests.
The offer is backed by Musk’s XAI company, which could be merged with OpenAi after an agreement, the WSJ reported.
Musk co -founded Openai with Altman in 2015, but abandoned it before the company took off. Later, in 2023, he founded the competitive company of the XAI.
Openai is now trying to go from being a non -profit entity to a profit, which says it is necessary to ensure the necessary capital to develop the best artificial intelligence models.
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