Evidence that Musk was quietly trying to persuade one of OpenAI’s chief rivals to help him acquire the startup could undercut the billionaire’s legal claims that Altman’s partnership with

Elon Musk attempted to recruit Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his unsolicited $97.4 billion bid to take over OpenAI earlier this year, according to The Wall Street Journal. A Musk-led investor group offered to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI in February as part of his legal fight with the company he co-founded with Sam Altman.

OpenAI has subpoenaed Meta over alleged talks with Elon Musk and xAI about financing his rejected $97.4 billion takeover bid, intensifying the ongoing AI legal battle.