Elon Musk announced today that he and a number of investors want to bid to buy OpenAI's non-profit division for $97.4 billion.
For your information, today, OpenAI is controlled by a non-profit body, which makes it limited in terms of profit generation and shareholding. To overcome this, OpenAI has previously announced its intention to change the company's structure.
By bidding to acquire OpenAI, Elon Musk aims to return it to open source, and focus on security-based development as it was when it was founded. Elon Musk is also ready to file a lawsuit against OpenAI for not being based on the company's original mission and vision of developing artificial intelligence openly.
no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want
— Sam Altman (@sama) February 10, 2025
Regarding this, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said he did not want to sell it, and instead said he was open to buying Twitter for $9.74 billion if Elon Musk wanted to sell.