OpenAI’s Sam Altman Throws Shade On Elon Musk Over $97 Billion Bid: ‘I Don’t Think He’s a Happy Person’

OpenAI CEO and founder Sam Altman threw shade Elon Musk’s way after the latter offered $97.4 billion for control of OpenAI, a move Altman theorized is to “slow us down.”

Altman spoke with Bloomberg’s The Pulse this week and he said OpenAI is not for sale.

Altman said of Musk’s offer:

“I think he’s probably just trying to slow us down. He obviously is a competitor. It’s, you know, he’s working hard and he’s raised a lot of money for X-AI. They’re trying to compete with us from a technological perspective, from, you know, getting the product into the market. And I wish he would just compete by building a better product, but I think there’s been a lot of tactics, you know, many, many lawsuits, all sorts of other crazy stuff and now this. And we’ll try to just put our head down and keep working.”

Altman went on to dismiss concerns about Musk’s influence on President Donald Trump as one of his closest advisors. Musk is considered a special government employee as the head of DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency).

The Wall Street Journal first reported this week that Musk is leading a group of investors looking to purchase the non-profit in control of OpenAI.

“Maybe I should, but not particularly,” he said. “I mean, I try to just wake up and think about like how we’re going to make our technology better.”

Altman also took a swipe at Musk after being asked whether Musk is negotiating from a “place of insecurity.” Altman chalked up Musk as “not a happy person.”

“Probably his whole life is from a position of insecurity. I feel for the guy,” he said. “I do, actually. I think he’s like a happy person. I do feel for him.”

Watch above via Bloomberg.