American billionaire and the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, together with an investor group he leads, made a $97.4 billion offer to purchase the OpenAI company. The developer of Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, rejected the offer by saying “If you want, I can buy Twitter for $9.75 billion.”

Two tech giants are facing off. Elon Musk, leading an investor group that made an offer to purchase the developer of ChatGPT, OpenAI company. The claim was first reported yesterday in the American publication, The Wall Street Journal. Musk, along with a group of investors, using his lawyer as an intermediary, submitted the $97.4 billion offer to the OpenAI board. According to Musk’s lawyer, the American billionaire argues that OpenAI needs to return to its “once open-source, security-focused, and public-serving” roots.

OPENAI CEO ALTMAN REJECTED THE OFFER OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, rejected Musk’s offer through his X platform saying, “No, thanks. But we can buy Twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.” He used the former name “Twitter” instead of X. Musk responded to this post by calling it “deceptive.” Open AI was established in 2015 in a non-profit format by many people, including Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Musk left the board of directors in 2018.