Overview
- Newly disclosed court documents state Musk and xAI discussed potential financing or investment with Mark Zuckerberg for an OpenAI takeover.
- OpenAI rejected the roughly $97.6 billion proposal, and neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed any letter of intent tied to the bid.
- The disclosures surface within Musk’s ongoing lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its nonprofit mission.
- OpenAI’s filing asks the court to compel Meta to turn over records of any communications with Musk or xAI.
- Separately, Meta has paused new AI hiring and reorganized teams, and it has agreed to use Google’s cloud under a multiyear deal worth at least $10 billion.