An investor consortium led by being offering $ 97.4 billion (R $ 563.72 billion) to buy the non -profit organization that controls, by scaling its dispute with the creator of. The information is from the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
Musk’s lawyer said he presented the offer to OpenAi’s board of directors on Monday (10).
In a note, the billionaire owner of Tesla and X stated: “It’s time for OpenAi to be focused on open source and security as it was.” Representatives of the ChatgPT creator did not comment on the offer.
According to the newspaper, the musk investor group has the support of its own artificial intelligence company, Xai, and several investors, including Valor Equity Partners, Baron Capital and Atreides Management, among others.
Altman, who seeks to transform OpenAi into one and through a joint venture called, wages a judicial battle with Musk over OpenAi’s direction.
Founded in 2015 as a non-profit organization, OpenAi underwent significant changes after Musk’s departure in 2019 and Altman’s rise as CEO.
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Since then, OpenAi has created a for -profit subsidiary, which has become a vehicle to raise funds from large investors such as. Altman is in the process of turning this subsidiary into a traditional company, while the non -profit organization would maintain a shareholding in Nova OpenAi.
Musk has also entered a series of lawsuits in court, accusing OpenAi of betraying its original mission by creating a for -profit division and conspiring Microsoft to master AI development.
OpenAi, in turn, has classified Musk’s allegations as unfounded and exaggerated, ensuring that the non -profit organization will receive the total value of its participation in the new company.
