Elon Musk vs OpenAI: The Battle of the Billionaires

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is suing OpenAI, a company he co-founded in 2015 with Sam Altman. The trial is set for spring 2026. Yvonne Gonzalez, the judge, denied Musk’s request to stop OpenAI from becoming a for-profit company.

Musk is upset because OpenAI, which was meant to help people, is now making money. OpenAI and Altman say Musk is just trying to stop them because they’re a competitor. Musk left OpenAI in 2023 and started his own AI company, xAI.

OpenAI needs more funds to grow, so it raised $40 billion from SoftBank and others, making it worth $300 billion. Meanwhile, xAI bought Musk’s social media company, X, for $33 billion, connecting AI and social media.

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2025-04-05 11:48