Musk said the bid was about returning OpenAI to an “open-source, safety-focused force for good.”
Altman dismissed the proposal, saying, “The company is not for sale, neither is the mission.”
“No thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want,” he posted on X, referring to Musk’s social media platform.
Altman later spoke on Musk specifically, saying, “I don’t think he’s a happy person.”
“Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity,” Altman told Bloomberg TV. “I feel for the guy. I really do. Actually, I don’t think he’s a happy person. I do feel for him.”
Altman believes Musk is “probably just trying to slow us down” with the bid, he told Bloomberg.
“They’re trying to compete with us from a technological perspective, from, you know, getting the product into the market,” Altman said, referring to Musk’s xAI. “I wish he would just compete by building better products.”
OpenAI’s board unanimously rejected the bid, calling it Musk’s “latest attempt to disrupt his competition.”
