Altman himself leaves no room for doubt about his views about the efforts directed by Elon Musk to take control of Opennai. In a letter to OpenAI staff on Monday, the Director general placed the words “auction” and “transactions” in aged quotes and said that the startup management is not interested in the offer.
“Our structure exists to make sure that no person can take control of OpenAI,” Altman wrote, according to two sources of knowledge of the letter. “Elon runs a competitive AI company, and his actions do not apply to the mission or value of OpenAI.”
Altman also told employees that the Openai management board, where he is sitting, must not yet receive an official offer from Musk and other investors. If and when this happens, the management plans to reject the offer, according to the same sources. Internally, Opeli employees reacted to messages with a mixture of fear and irritability. The parts of Altman’s letter were previously reported Information.
Investor group run by Musk stunned the technology industry on Monday, when they announced Unimposed offer to buy all OPENAI assets in the amount of $ 97.4 billion. The competitive company AI Musk, XAI, supports the offer, just like Valor Equity Partners, Private Equity, run by one of Musk’s closest advisers, Antonio Gracias. Gracias helped to advise Musk regarding his takeover agreement in 2022 and was involved in his efforts in the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
“It is time for OpenAI to return to the opening strength, safety -oriented for a day,” Musk said in a statement sent to the wired by his lawyer Marc Toberoff. “We’ll make sure that will happen.”
The fight between Musk and Altman puts lithe on the chairman of the management board of Opeli Bret Taylor, who also led the management of Twitter while taking over the company by Elon Musk. This offer was theoretically simpler. Because Twitter was a public corporation, the management was clear to maximize returns. Musk tried to withdraw from the takeover, but his advisers finally convinced him that it would not be possible and closed the original conditions. Taylor did not answer the request for comment from Wired.
The OpenAI structure is more complicated. Today, the company is a non-profit organization with a subsidiary focused on profit, but it is in the process of transforming a profit-oriented arm Public Benefit Corporationwhich requires OpenAI to list the price for your assets. Openai is currently valued at $ 157 billion Based on the latest funding round. The company talks to Softbank about running an investment worth $ 40 billion, which would bring the company’s quote to $ 300 billion.