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Elon Wanted OpenAI Merged Into Tesla

Elon Musk thought OpenAI was going to fail and wanted total control to turn it around, including at various times wanting to make it a for-profit he could control or merge it with Tesla under Tesla's full control; OpenAI declined, and Elon decided to leave.

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Sam Altman

Evidence Quote

He thought OpenAI was going to fail. He wanted total control to turn it around... he wanted to make OpenAI into a for-profit company that he could have control of or have it merge with Tesla. We didn’t want to do that, and he decided to leave.

Source

Sam Altman #2Lex Fridman Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:36:04 AM

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