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I think this is a negotiation tactic that aims to eventually block OpenAI's transition to for-profit.



And at least at the stated valuation. They've valued it at $40 billion but if they decline larger offers it is hard to sustain the low valuation.


I wholeheartedly agree


non-non-profit


Fixed! Thanks!


Unless it ends up like the Twitter situation and he is forced to put the money up.


poison pill offer ?


It's also another great view into Musk's character.


The whole OpenAI debacle is a cluster. Clearly OpenAI should have been founded as a for-profit corp from the beginning. If it had, then folks like Musk that put up $100M to help found it wouldn't have been shuttered out of whatever deal is going on to transform it into a for-profit.




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