FeaturedElon Musk Just Made a Move to Take Over OpenAI – And It Might Make Him the First Trillionaire
Elon Musk, never one to sit idly by while AI takes a turn he doesn’t like, has just dropped a staggering $97.4 billion bid to purchase OpenAI. Yes, the same OpenAI he co-founded back in 2015 before leaving in 2019 in a blaze of frustration.
Now, he’s back—and he wants full control.
Musk’s latest bid, backed by a powerhouse team of investors including Valor Equity Partners, Baron Capital, Atreides Management, and his own AI venture, xAI, is poised to upend the artificial intelligence landscape in ways we’ve never seen before. If successful, this would not only reshape OpenAI’s trajectory but could also catapult Musk into a new realm of financial dominance—potentially making him the first trillionaire in history.
A Long-Running Feud Comes to a Head
This isn’t just a business move—it’s personal. Musk has been vocal about his belief that OpenAI has lost its way, trading its mission of open-source AI and public good for profit-driven collusion with Microsoft. He’s gone so far as to sue OpenAI, arguing that Sam Altman and his merry band of executives have transformed the company into a cash-printing machine, violating the original nonprofit charter.
By acquiring OpenAI, Musk would have the ultimate power move: take back control, gut the corporate sellout structure, and potentially return OpenAI to its original mission—or steer it into his own AI utopia.
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*ELON MUSK-LED GROUP MAKES $97.4B BID FOR CONTROL OF OPENAI: WSJ
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 10, 2025
What This Means for AI and the Future of Humanity
If Musk gets his hands on OpenAI, expect massive shifts in how AI is developed and distributed. He has long preached about the dangers of unregulated artificial intelligence while simultaneously working on his own alternative, Grok, under xAI. A Musk-controlled OpenAI could mean:
- Less Microsoft, more Musk. The tech overlord would likely boot Microsoft’s influence from the table, which could send shockwaves through the AI and cloud computing industries.
- A push for AI transparency.
- Musk has constantly criticized the secrecy surrounding AI development. Owning OpenAI could lead to more transparency—or, paradoxically, a whole new set of proprietary systems under his control.
- A restructuring of AI priorities. Could Musk turn OpenAI into a purely Tesla-SpaceX-Starlink AI brain trust? Don’t be shocked if the next-gen ChatGPT starts integrating with Neuralink and automating rocket launches.
Will the Government Step In?
Of course, not everyone is thrilled about the idea of Musk monopolizing AI. If this deal goes through, expect intense scrutiny from regulators. Given that Musk already owns Twitter (X), Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, snapping up OpenAI could be the final straw that triggers antitrust lawsuits and monopoly law challenges.
If the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) decide to step in, Musk will have to argue that his AI empire isn’t anti-competitive but rather a necessary counterbalance to the existing powers (like Google’s DeepMind and Microsoft’s own AI ambitions). Given his track record of sparring with regulators, don’t expect him to roll over without a fight.
The Bottom Line: Power Play or Ultimate AI Coup?
Musk has never played by conventional rules, and this hostile takeover of OpenAI might be his most ambitious gambit yet. Whether this makes him the world’s first trillionaire or triggers an all-out government crackdown on his tech empire, one thing is clear:
Elon Musk just made AI his next battleground—and he doesn’t plan on losing.
Sources:
Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI: This article from The Wall Street Journal details Musk’s recent bid to acquire OpenAI, highlighting the complexities it introduces to the company’s future plans.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/elon-musk-openai-bid-4af12827?
Elon Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI, WSJ reports: Reuters provides an overview of Musk’s offer and its potential implications for the AI industry.
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Aaron
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And the rich get richer, while the rest of us get poorer
The american way
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Jerry Krause
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Hi Aaron,
In your world it seems every thing is about MONEY and nothing is about RIGHT OR WRONG.
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Aaron
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truth HURTS, don’t TAKE it Personally
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Howdy
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All depends on Musk’s motives Jerry. So far, I see nothing the man has done that isn’t about himself, or for himself. This why he lashes out when denied.
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Jerry Krause
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Hi Aaron,
How is it that only you seem to know the TRUTH? I read “the the only source of knowledge is experience..” (Einstein) Beginning in 2016 I have written here at PSI about my mistakes. Have you ever made mistakes?
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have a good day
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Howdy
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“the the only source of knowledge is experience..”
While that is a relevant rule, it is not the only source Jerry. What about intuition, that knowing without knowing how one knows?
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Howdy
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I am prompted by some questions Jerry:
1) If a scientist proceeds from gut feeling, is that scientific, or is it hope, faith, or some other pseudoscience?
2) If that gut feeling works out, is it then proof that intuition is a valid scientific avenue?
3) The focus of the article heading is the money Musk could make, so why would I even read it? If the article read that the target of the acquisition was Humanitarian causes, would that not more more inclination to read it?
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Howdy
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No response. I’ve handed you a discussion, and I thought you liked a good discussion Jerry. Are you concerned your answers might change people’s perception of you?
Aaron
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Hi Jerry
einstein is/was a fraud, you have been reading non-sense
garbage in garbage out
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Tony
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As a result, nearly two-thirds of what we think of as the Federal Government has to be dissolved or merged into USA, Inc. operations. And the USA, Inc. will have to pay for the ongoing costs of any agency or department they retain. Every department and agency of the UNITED STATES, INC. will have to be audited in this process, so all the sludge is unavoidably spilling out, and a great many federal workers will lose their jobs. Some will also face criminal prosecution.
In the case of USAID, less than 10% of the employees were retained, and we suspect that many of them are in transitional positions that will help with the mop up and then be released.
The Department of Education has been dissolved; this is rather unavoidable, because it was being charged off to us, in spite of being obviously unconstitutional.
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Good riddance to something that was never authorized by the people of this country, which did nothing to improve education, and which politicized everything from the ground up. In the fifty years since the start up of the Federal Department of Education, it has reliably failed to do any of the things it was created to do— but nobody in the wildly useless U.S. Congress bothered to ask what the results of all our “investment” in this behemoth waste of space was yielding.
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Hi Howdy,
You wrote (February 16, 2025 at 7:36 pm) ““the the only source of knowledge is experience..”
While that is a relevant rule, it is not the only source Jerry. What about intuition, that knowing without knowing how one knows”
A scientist uses intuitions by proposing and DOING experiments which might prove an intuition WRONG. For a SCIENTIST accepts that one can never prove an intuition, or any idea, to be correct.
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Howdy
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Then that scientist operates under a limited scope of function, and lacks objectivity, is limited in ability to receive insight to new forms of scientific evidence.
Intuition is not an idea, it is existent knowledge cannot be proven wrong as it has no governing rules as does science. Science exists to be proven, yet so much of it is face value only.
One cannot prove wrong that which one does not understand.
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Jerry Krause
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Hi Howdy,
What are these “new forms of scientific evidence” to which you refer?
Have a good day.
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Howdy
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Gut feeling is one Jerry. Things often come into my head without prior thought. Things that compel me to do a certain action on something. This is not a what if, it’s an actual thought with knowledge behind it.
Science requires an open mind, but by definition, science is about closed minded working.
Do you think our ‘ancestors’ talk to us, or pass on that which was not possible when they were alive?
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