San Francisco, November 3: Elon Musk and Sam Altman have not seen eye to eye for years, and now their rivalry has turned into a personal fight. The duo exchanged relentless verbal attacks on each other on social media, each trying to hurt the other and win the argument. This all started when OpenAI CEO Sam Altman posted about the 7.5-year delay in receiving his Tesla car and how his refund of USD 45,000 was incomplete despite full payment.

Elon Musk replied to Altman, saying, "You stole a non-profit," in response to Altman’s "A tale of three facts" post on X. Responding to this, Sam Altman said, "I helped the thing you left for dead into what should be the largest non-profit ever." He added, "You know as well as anyone that a structure like what OpenAI has now is required to make that happen." ‘I Really Was Excited for the Car’: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Says He Waited 7.5 Years for Tesla Roadster After Reservation, Shares He Is Unable To Cancel It.

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Elon Musk vs Sam Altman; Rivalry Turned to Bitter Verbal Spat

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman accused Elon Musk of attempting to take over OpenAI and of wanting "no non-profit at all". He further claimed that Musk had told him there was a 0% chance of success for the company. Sam Altman said, "Now you have a great AI company, and so do we. Can’t we all just move on?" Elon Musk stopped responding to Altman’s posts; however, he later replied about the Tesla delayed car refund on X. Elon Musk Calls for ‘Proper Investigation’ Into OpenAI Whistleblower Suchir Balaji’s Death (Watch Video).

"And you forgot to mention Act 4, where this issue was fixed and you received a refund within 24 hours," said Musk, referring to the Tesla car refund issued to Sam Altman. OpenAI is currently valued at USD 500 billion, and the AI company is preparing for an IPO in 2026, which is expected to raise its valuation to USD 1 trillion, according to reports. On the other hand, xAI is valued at around USD 200 billion. OpenAI has ChatGPT and various other AI tools such as Sora, Whisper, coding agents, and more. xAI offers Grok, Grokipedia, and Grok Imagine.

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