Musk, attorneys, ask judges to auction off OpenAI stake

Elon Musk wants OpenAI to auction off a large ownership stake
OpenAI launched a for-profit subsidiary a year later in order to raise outside capital, including more than $13 billion so far from its biggest backer, Microsoft. However, the non-profit entity, along with employees and investors, currently owns that for-profit subsidiary.
Elon Musk Wants OpenAI to Be Forced Into Selling a Portion of Itself
Elon Musk enjoys being at the center of the universe. If generative AI is going to be as transformational as Silicon Valley believes, he cannot lose. Especially not to a company he helped start. To that end,
Musk asks state AGs to auction off OpenAI stake in nonprofit restructuring, sources say
A lawyer for billionaire Elon Musk has asked attorney generals in the states of California and Delaware to push OpenAI to auction a major stake in its business to decide fair value of its charitable asset during its corporate restructuring,
Elon Musk calls on California and Delaware to force auction of OpenAI stake
A lawyer for Elon Musk has called on the California and Delaware attorneys-general to force OpenAI to auction off a large stake in its business, intensifying a bitter fight with the company’s chief executive Sam Altman.
Musk, attorneys, ask judges to auction off OpenAI stake: report
Elon Musk and his attorneys have asked judges in the states of California and Delaware to cause an auction that would force OpenAI to sell off a portion of its business, the Financial Times reported.

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