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MUSK'S $97.4 BILLION OPENAI BID PILES PRESSURE ON SAM ALTMAN
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Elon Musk's offer to buy OpenAI for $97.4 billion, backed by a consortium of investors, could force OpenAI's board of directors to reassess how it is valuing the nonprofit. OpenAI is currently negotiating how much equity Microsoft should get in its for-profit company - satisfying all those parties was already complicated. The company must get approval for its conversion from attorneys general in California and Delaware - these officials will oversee the valuation of the nonprofit's assets during a sale to ensure it is properly compensated. Sam Altman has stated that he thinks Musk's offer is just a tactic to slow OpenAI down.