The executive director of OpenAI, Sam Altman rejected the offer of US $ 97.4 billion of Elon Musk to take control of the artificial intelligence startup for the second time in less than a day, accusing the richest man in the world of Make the offer only to obtain a competitive advantage.
“I think it’s probably just trying to stop. Obviously it is a competitor ”, Altman said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Tuesday in the framework of the Paris Artificial Intelligence Summit. “I would like to simply compete creating a better product, But I think there have been many tactics, many, many demands, all kinds of crazy things and now this. ”
Musk and AltmanThey were co -founders of OpenAi, but Musk finally separated after disagreements about the company’s management. Now he is demanding the startup behind Chatgpt, claiming that It has deviated from its founding mission and has prioritized profits on the improvement of humanity. Musk has also created its own artificial intelligence company, XAI, which competes directly with OpenAI in the development of models.
In Tuesday’s interview, Altman criticized Musk and said: “Probably his whole life has developed from a position of insecurity. I’m sorry for him. ” Altman added that he does not believe that Musk is “a happy person.”
While Altman has publicly rejected Musk’s acquisition attempt, The Board of Directors of OpenAI will have something to say about the seriousness with which the offer must be taken. On Tuesday, the director of the Board of Directors of OpenAILarry Summers told Bloomberg News that he has not received “no formal communication” from Musk about the offer.
The Board of Directors of the Organization supervises its non -profit division, which in turn controls the profitable business. But Bret Taylor, former executive co -director of Salesforce Inc. who assumed as president in 2023 after a dramatic fight between Altman and the previous Board of Directors of Openai, has a tense story with Musk. He was president of Twitter when Musk made his offered offer to buy the business And then he tried to back down, before a court forced him to proceed.
On Monday, when the news of Musk’s offer for Openai’s control, Altman published jokingly in X, previously known as Twitter, emerged for the first time: “No, thanks, but we will buy Twitter for 9,740 million dollars if you wish.”
Musk’s lawyer said his offer was backed by XAI and had the support of a variety of investors, including Value Equity Partners, Baron Capital, Domerides Management, Vy Capital, 8VC of Joe Lonsdale and the Media Executive Ari Emanuel, through its investment fund.
Meanwhile, Openai is in the midst of an attempt to orchestrate a rule of mass financing that could give the company an assessment after money of US $ 300,000 million, As Bloomberg reported before. The company was valued at US $ 157,000 million in October.
Altman added in Tuesday’s interview that Openai’s board of directors is considering a variety of options for business in the futurebut the sale of artificial intelligence operations is not on the table.
“Openai is not on sale,” he said. “Openai’s mission is not on sale.”
OpenAI completely reorganized its board of directors after the conflict between Altman and the directors. Among the current directors are former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and Adbayo Ogunlesi investment banker. Summers is a collaborator Bloomberg TV payment.
