Musk Tried to Enlist Zuckerberg to Help Finance OpenAI Bid

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By Rachel Metz and Kurt Wagner

August 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM UTC

Updated on

August 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM UTC

Elon Musk tried to enlist Mark Zuckerberg for his unsolicited bid to buy OpenAI this year for almost $100 billion, the startup said in a court filing.

OpenAI said Musk identified Zuckerberg, the chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., as one of the people with whom he had communicated about potentially financing a deal to purchase the ChatGPT maker.