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The Operai CEO, Sam Altman, told employees in a memorando on Tuesday that the company has not received “nothing official” from ELON ALMIZCLE with respect to a possible purchase of the artificial intelligence startup.
“Our structure exists to ensure that no individual can take control of Openai,” Altman wrote, in the memo obtained by CNBC. “Elon directs a competitive AI company, and its actions are not about Openai’s mission or values. They are tactics aimed at weakening us because we are making great progress.”
The note comes a day later News arose that Musk leads a group of investors to try to buy OpenAI control for $ 97.4 billion. The offer is for the non -profit organization that supervises the startup of AI behind Chatgpt, and Musk’s lawyer, Marc Uberooff, said he presented it on Monday.
“It’s time for Operai to return to the open source force and safety focused forever,” Toboff told CNBC in a statement.
Altman and Musk are in the middle of a heated battle of legal and public relations on the future of Operai. They were two of Openai co -founders in 2015, establishing the entity as a non -profit organization focused on AI. The musk is Demanding Openaiaccusing him of antitrust violations and to try to avoid becoming a profit corporation.
Operai has become a giant in the generative AI, launching chatgpt in 2022 and establishing an investment wave in new tools and infrastructure for next -generation products and services. Soft banks is close to finishing An investment of $ 40 billion in Openai with an assessment of $ 260 billion, the sources told David Faber de CNBC last week. Microsoft It has been the biggest sponsor to date.
The consortium of investors allegedly united to Musk includes its startup XAI, and investors for a long time in their other businesses, including Baron Capital Group, Value, Domerides, Vy Capital, the 8VC of Joe Lonsdale and an investment vehicle led by the CEO of Endeavour Ari Emanuel.
A source close to Musk that asked not to be appointed to speak frankly about the matter pointed out that all in the group are loyal to musk, and the consortium does not include any of the traditional investors of Silicon Valley who have supported the previous musk companies . .
Altman reminded the employees on Tuesday that “Elon has a history of making statements that are not maintained”, highlighting their “exaggerated” donations to OpenAI and changing narratives about whether he supported OpenAi to become a profit for profit.
“The best we can do is later with dedication and resilience,” Altman wrote.
If the Operai Board receives a formal offer, it has the legal obligation to review it, according to Ellen Angill, Senior scholar in residence at the University of California, Los Angeles.
“The Board would need to consider an offer even if they did not invite it,” Aprill told CNBC. “A non -profit organization can sell its assets, but you need to make sure you are obtaining fair value.”
As a non -profit organization, the Board does not serve the shareholders and, therefore, it does not have a traditional fiduciary duty. Rather, its duty is for the public benefit, which determines the general prosecutors of the states where it operates.
Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comments. An Operai spokesman declined to comment.
– ARI Levy and Steve Kovach of CNBC contributed to this report.
