{"id":1123392,"date":"2026-02-01T16:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rUuHRGTFNiU5LqEZ25sxxA"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:34:41","slug":"a-musk-led-consortium-of-investors-say-theyll-withdraw-97-4-billion-bid-to-buy-openai-but-only-if-it-stays-non-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-musk-led-consortium-of-investors-say-theyll-withdraw-97-4-billion-bid-to-buy-openai-but-only-if-it-stays-non-profit\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Musk-led consortium&#8217; of investors say they&#8217;ll withdraw $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI\u2014but only if it stays non-profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Earlier this week, Elon Musk alongside a group of investors put in an unsolicited bid to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/elon-musk-kicks-off-usd97-4-billion-effort-to-buy-openai-by-immediately-starting-social-media-beef-with-sam-altman\/\" target=\"_blank\">purchase the non-profit portion of OpenAI<\/a>, OpenAI Inc. Now, according to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ecf.cand.uscourts.gov\/doc1\/035125398305\" target=\"_blank\">court documents filed on Wednesday<\/a>, this &#8220;Musk-led consortium&#8221; says they will withdraw the eye-watering $97.4 billion offer, but only if OpenAI&#8217;s board decides against turning this venture into a for-profit organisation (Via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/12\/elon-musk-will-withdraw-bid-for-openais-nonprofit-if-its-board-agrees-to-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\">TechCrunch<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>This latest court filing describes the bid for OpenAI&#8217;s governing non-profit <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/elon-musk-openai-bid-4af12827\" target=\"_blank\">publicised on Monday<\/a> as &#8220;serious.&#8221; This, despite Musk allegedly telling staff at X over email, &#8220;Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/musk-reportedly-tells-x-staff-were-barely-breaking-even-as-the-big-banks-start-getting-antsy-over-their-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\">we\u2019re barely breaking even<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, sources told Reuters that OpenAI&#8217;s board of directors had apparently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/artificial-intelligence\/openais-altman-says-musk-offer-is-tactic-to-try-mess-with-us-2025-02-11\/\" target=\"_blank\">not received a formal bid from Musk&#8217;s side<\/a> as of Tuesday. Still, the original bid has arguably succeeded in at least one of its goals: to draw public attention to OpenAI&#8217;s reported intention to go <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/openai-reportedly-plans-to-ditch-its-nonprofit-mission-with-ceo-sam-altman-said-to-be-in-line-to-make-billions\/\" target=\"_blank\">for-profit through its latest restructure<\/a>, and to get us all talking about it\u2014like this.<\/p>\n<p>Whether any amount of public attention will keep OpenAI non-profit still remains to be seen though. The company started as a non-profit, before shifting into a &#8216;capped-profit&#8217; structure back in 2019. The non-profit part of the company Musk et al allegedly want to buy is what steers the ship of the wider, capped-profit company. The aforementioned restructure intends to go more traditionally for-profit in the form of a public benefit corporation.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI is presently playing it cool. The original unsolicited bid was dismissed by OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman, who went as far as to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sama\/status\/1889059531625464090\" target=\"_blank\">write on X<\/a>, &#8220;No thank you but we will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Theoretically, the board could still accept a bid despite this rejection from Altman, though a recent comment suggests that&#8217;s unlikely; counsel to OpenAI&#8217;s board, Andrew Nussbaum, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-02-11\/musk-s-bid-to-control-openai-complicates-for-profit-transition?sref=HrWXCALa\" target=\"_blank\">provided a statement to Bloomberg News<\/a> which further clarifies the company&#8217;s stance: &#8220;The nonprofit is not for sale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For those unaware, Elon Musk co-founded the company that went on to create <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/chatgpt-vs-deepseek-which-ai-can-build-me-a-better-gaming-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\">ChatGPT<\/a> alongside Sam Altman back in 2015. Musk then left in 2018, with the company saying at the time his departure was to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/2\/21\/17036214\/elon-musk-openai-ai-safety-leaves-board\" target=\"_blank\">avoid a potential conflict of interest<\/a> as <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/blade-runner-2049-producers-sue-elon-musk-tesla-and-warner-over-ai-generated-image-used-in-cybercab-promotional-event\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tesla became more interested in AI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, OpenAI shared redacted emails and DMs suggesting that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/openai-claims-elon-musk-demanded-absolute-control-and-to-be-ceo-while-also-agreeing-to-ditch-its-non-profit-status-back-in-2017-despite-him-now-suing-it-for-turning-decidedly-for-profit\/\" target=\"_blank\">this split was anything but wholly amicable<\/a>. Not only that, but these messages also indicate that Musk wanted to push OpenAI towards becoming a for-profit organisation as early as 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Sam Altman recently <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-02-11\/altman-blasts-musk-s-purchase-offer-as-attempt-to-slow-openai?embedded-checkout=true&#038;sref=HrWXCALa\" target=\"_blank\">told Bloomberg Television<\/a>, &#8220;I think he is probably just trying to slow us down. He obviously is a competitor. I wish he would just compete by building a better product, but I think there\u2019s been a lot of tactics, many, many lawsuits, all sorts of other crazy stuff, now this.&#8221; The Musk-backed competition in question is <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/software\/ai\/elon-musk-calls-openai-a-lie-after-announcing-plans-to-make-his-spicy-chatgpt-rival-open-source-this-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">xAI and their boorish chatbot Grok<\/a>. You know what? I think I&#8217;m finally getting it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"e4679b6e-fd89-4969-84d7-6cec78bd40eb\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best gaming PC\" data-dimension48=\"Best gaming PC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1500px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"cLHXUVfQ97mAGcMCS5uym6\" name=\"gaming-pc-pink.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/a-musk-led-consortium-of-investors-say-theyll-withdraw-97-4-billion-bid-to-buy-openai-but-only-if-it-stays-non-profit.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-pc\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"e4679b6e-fd89-4969-84d7-6cec78bd40eb\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Best gaming PC\" data-dimension48=\"Best gaming PC\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Best gaming PC<\/strong><\/a>: The top pre-built machines.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-laptop\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gaming laptop<\/strong><\/a>: Great devices for mobile gaming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/a-musk-led-consortium-of-investors-say-theyll-withdraw-usd97-4-billion-bid-to-buy-openai-but-only-if-it-stays-non-profit\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, Elon Musk alongside a group of investors put in an unsolicited bid to purchase the non-profit portion of OpenAI, OpenAI Inc. Now, according to court documents filed on Wednesday, this &#8220;Musk-led consortium&#8221; says they will withdraw the eye-watering $97.4 billion offer, but only if OpenAI&#8217;s board decides against turning this venture into a for-profit organisation (Via TechCrunch). This latest court filing describes the bid for OpenAI&#8217;s governing non-profit publicised on Monday as &#8220;serious.&#8221; This, despite Musk allegedly telling staff at X over email, &#8220;Our user growth is stagnant, revenue is unimpressive, and we\u2019re barely breaking even.&#8221; Furthermore, sources told Reuters that OpenAI&#8217;s board of directors had apparently not received a formal bid from Musk&#8217;s side as of Tuesday. Still, the original bid&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/a-musk-led-consortium-of-investors-say-theyll-withdraw-97-4-billion-bid-to-buy-openai-but-only-if-it-stays-non-profit\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1123393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-1123392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-hardware"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A &#039;Musk-led consortium&#039; of investors say they&#039;ll withdraw $97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI\u2014but only if it stays non-profit | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Earlier this week, Elon Musk alongside a group of investors put in an unsolicited bid to purchase the non-profit portion of OpenAI, OpenAI Inc. 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