New Delhi:
The verbal war between US billionaire Alan Musk and Openai’s CEO Sam Altman (Sam Altman) has intensified. This time the matter has reached the purchase and sale of Openai and Twitter (now X). Musk offered Openai to buy Openai for $ 97.4 billion (about $ 100 billion), which was turned down by Altman. After this, he offered to buy the reverse Musk company Twitter (X) for $ 9.74 billion.
The controversy increased further when Openai announced a $ 500 billion AI project called Stargate, which Musk criticized by describing it as “non-practical”. Let us know what this whole dispute is and why the dispute between the two is increasing.
How did the controversy start?
Elon Musk and Sam Altman together established Openai in 2015. But in 2018 Musk was separated from this company. Musk claims that Openai was launched as a non-profit organization, but now it is moving towards Profit-Making.
Musk has also filed a case against Openai, alleging that the company has now completely moved towards a profitable AI business model and has gone into the hands of big companies like Microsoft.
Proposal to buy Musk Openai
Elon Musk, along with its AI company XAI and other investors, has offered $ 97.4 billion to buy Openai.
Musk said, “Now the time has come to make Openai again open-source and a lab working for the good of humanity.”
Musk says that if he takes control of Openai in his hand, he will again establish it as a non-profitable research lab.
Sam Altman’s retaliation: offer to buy x
While rejecting this offer of Musk, Sam Altman retaliated and offered to buy X (Twitter). Posting on X, he wrote, “No, thanks, but if you want, we will buy Twitter for $ 9.74 billion.”
This statement of Altman is being seen as a straightforward stance. Musk bought Twitter in 2022 for $ 44 billion, but now the price of X has come down drastically.
What is the value of Openai?
Openai is currently one of the most valuable private companies in the world. In January 2025, Openai had a value of $ 157 billion and it is discussing the investment on valuations up to $ 300 billion led by SoftBank Group.
Openai says that it requires more funds to develop better AI models, so it is now in the process of becoming a beneficial company.
Will you offer to buy Musk Openai?
This proposal to buy Openai of Musk may get caught in many legal and commercial obstacles.
- Microsoft has control over large part of Openai, which can prevent Musk from dealing with this deal.
- If you try to buy Musk Openai, it will have to get approval from Competition Regulators of American and other countries under Antitrust Regulations.
- Musk will have a challenge to raise funding of more than $ 100 billion, which is a huge amount.
New war in the world of AI
This battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is not limited to Openai and X, but it is also the Future of AI War.
If Musk is successful in buying Openai, then there will be a big change in the AI industry. At the same time, if Altman and Openai remain independent, Microsoft and other investors will continue heavy investment in AI technology. Now it remains to be seen whether this proposal of Musk will be approved or will it remain just another dispute?