<p>The nonprofit that controls OpenAI is not for sale, OpenAI CEO <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sam-altman">Sam Altman</a> told Reuters on Tuesday when asked to comment about Elon Musk's offer to buy it.</p><p>"I have nothing to say. I mean, it's ridiculous," Altman said on the sidelines of an AI summit in Paris.</p><p>"The company is not for sale. It's another one of his tactics to try to mess with us," he said, speaking about Musk.</p><p>A consortium led by Musk said on Monday it had offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, another salvo in the billionaire's fight to block the artificial intelligence startup from transitioning to a for-profit firm.</p>.'Will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion': OpenAI CEO shoots down Musk's acquisition plan with counter-offer.<p>Later asked during his speech at the AI summit if OpenAI was up for sale, Altman repeated "no" and "we are not for sale".</p><p>Musk cofounded OpenAI with Altman in 2015 as a nonprofit, but left before the company took off. He founded the competing AI startup xAI in 2023.</p><p>The CEO of Tesla TSLA.O and owner of tech and social media company X, is a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.</p>
<p>The nonprofit that controls OpenAI is not for sale, OpenAI CEO <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sam-altman">Sam Altman</a> told Reuters on Tuesday when asked to comment about Elon Musk's offer to buy it.</p><p>"I have nothing to say. I mean, it's ridiculous," Altman said on the sidelines of an AI summit in Paris.</p><p>"The company is not for sale. It's another one of his tactics to try to mess with us," he said, speaking about Musk.</p><p>A consortium led by Musk said on Monday it had offered $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, another salvo in the billionaire's fight to block the artificial intelligence startup from transitioning to a for-profit firm.</p>.'Will buy Twitter for $9.74 billion': OpenAI CEO shoots down Musk's acquisition plan with counter-offer.<p>Later asked during his speech at the AI summit if OpenAI was up for sale, Altman repeated "no" and "we are not for sale".</p><p>Musk cofounded OpenAI with Altman in 2015 as a nonprofit, but left before the company took off. He founded the competing AI startup xAI in 2023.</p><p>The CEO of Tesla TSLA.O and owner of tech and social media company X, is a close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump.</p>