(Reuters) – The Board of Directors of Openai, the creator of Chatgpt, rejected Friday the offer of buyout of $ 97.4 billion from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk, declaring that the startup n ‘ is not for sale.

The unlined purchase offer launched by Elon Musk constitutes the latest initiative of the boss of Tesla and SpaceX to prevent the startup which he co -founded with Sam Altman – but which he left in 2019 – to become a business For profit, while she seeks to raise capital to stay at the top of the race for artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk later founded a competing startup, called XAI.

“Openai is not for sale and the board of directors unanimously rejected the last attempt by Musk aimed at disturbing competition. Any potential reorganization of Openai will strengthen our non -profit organization and its mission, Who is to ensure that IAG (general artificial intelligence, editor’s note) benefits all of humanity, “said Openai on the X platform, quoting its Bret Taylor president.

Sam Altman, who is managing director of Openai, had already said on Wednesday that the company was not for sale.

Elon Musk’s lawyers said that the investor consortium he directs would withdraw his offer from the non-lucrative branch of Openai if it renounces to become a for-profit company.

After the departure of Musk in 2019, Openai created a for -profit branch that raised billions of dollars in funds, which caused Elon Musk’s fury which accused her of betraying his initial vocation.

Elon Musk and Sam Altman have since been pulled and responded with legal proceedings and shattering statements on social networks.

(Written by Aditya Soni in Bangalore and Juby Babu in Mexico City, Tangi Salaün)

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