Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI • Hacker News Board

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by lysace » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:24 PM UTC

He also has several investors backing him, including Valor Equity Partners, Baron Capital, Atreides Management, Vy Capital and 8VC, a venture firm led by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale. Ari Emanuel, CEO of Hollywood company Endeavor, is also backing the offer through his investment fund.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by steve_adams_86 » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:24 PM UTC

irs wrote: post #8

Sam’s reply on twitter[0] no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want [0] https://x.com/sama/status/1889059531625464090 ?

I don't like petty internet arguments, I can't help appreciate him referring to it as Twitter.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by EgregiousCube » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:25 PM UTC

chollida1 wrote: post #9

naiv wrote: post #2

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This doesn't seem to have anything to do with bluesky. What connection are you trying to draw?

There are a lot of bluesky users who really hate Musk and they post a lot whenever he does anything.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by josefresco » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:26 PM UTC

PyWoody wrote: post #14

irs wrote: post #8

Sam’s reply on twitter[0] no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want [0] https://x.com/sama/status/1889059531625464090 ?

https://xcancel.com/sama/status/1889059531625464090 , for those of us without an account.

FYI X has relaxed the login prompt (at least for me). You can again see the post without an account, but not the thread.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by wilg » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:26 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #10

Isn’t musk becoming a single point of failure risk?

he's certainly becoming a single point of failure

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by mrtksn » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:27 PM UTC

gafferongames wrote: post #20

mrtksn wrote: post #10

Isn’t musk becoming a single point of failure risk?

Do you really think Musk actually does anything of value?

Probably nothing technical but he certainly does provide huge value as a brand and IMHO he is irreplaceable. Who else can convince very rich people invest gargantuan amounts of money into moonshot projects?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:28 PM UTC

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Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by SketchySeaBeast » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:28 PM UTC

gafferongames wrote: post #20

mrtksn wrote: post #10

Isn’t musk becoming a single point of failure risk?

Do you really think Musk actually does anything of value?

I don't know if they are valuable or positive, but as of late he's certainly doing things with impact.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by TaurenHunter » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:28 PM UTC

irs wrote: post #8

Sam’s reply on twitter[0] no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want [0] https://x.com/sama/status/1889059531625464090 ?

0penAI having its 2008 Yahoo moment.

Re: Musk-led group makes $97B bid for control of OpenAI

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Post by _DeadFred_ » Mon, Feb 10, 2025, 9:29 PM UTC

mrtksn wrote: post #10

Isn’t musk becoming a single point of failure risk?

We need government protection of our valuable national resource of Billionaires. I say we first start with weekly blood tests to make sure no one is poisoning/drugging them, with the results made public.