{"id":48362,"date":"2026-03-28T03:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/musk-pitched-zuckerberg-on-his-unsolicited-bid-for-openais-ip-newly-unsealed-court-documents-show\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T03:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T03:41:20","slug":"musk-pitched-zuckerberg-on-his-unsolicited-bid-for-openais-ip-newly-unsealed-court-documents-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/musk-pitched-zuckerberg-on-his-unsolicited-bid-for-openais-ip-newly-unsealed-court-documents-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk pitched Zuckerberg on his unsolicited bid for OpenAI&#8217;s IP, newly unsealed court documents show"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69c6dac18373a547629c72da?format=jpeg\" alt=\"Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk\"\/><figcaption>Elon Musk&#039;s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman reveals texts with Mark Zuckerberg discussing DOGE and OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>REUTERS\/Laure Andrillon<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>New documents were released in Elon Musk&#039;s lawsuit against OpenAI.<\/li>\n<li>The unredacted documents show text messages between Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.<\/li>\n<li>Musk sought Zuckerberg&#039;s support to bid on OpenAI in February 2025, according to unsealed messages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elon Musk asked Mark Zuckerberg if he would consider joining him in bidding for OpenAI&#039;s intellectual property before the Tesla CEO made an unsolicited offer for the ChatGPT maker in February 2025, according to newly released court documents.<\/p>\n<p>The newly unredacted documents are part of Musk&#039;s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman.<\/p>\n<p>The documents provide a glimpse into the communication between Musk and the Meta CEO, who have had a roller coaster relationship, including challenges to MMA fights.<\/p>\n<p>In one unsealed exhibit, Zuckerberg texted Musk at 10:04 p.m. PT on February 3, 2025, to say that it seemed like the White House DOGE office, for which Musk was the de facto leader,was &quot;making progress.&quot; He also added that his &quot;teams&quot; would be &quot;on alert to take down content doxxing or threatening&quot; people who work with Musk at DOGE, according to the documents.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help,&quot; Zuckerberg added.<\/p>\n<p>Less than half an hour later, Musk reacted to Zuckerberg&#039;s message with a heart emoji and followed up with a question about OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Are you open to the idea of bidding on the OpenAI IP with me and some others?&quot; Musk said, referring to the common term for intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Want to discuss live?&quot; Zuckerberg responded.<\/p>\n<p>Musk liked Zuckerberg&#039;s message and texted back thathe would &quot;call in the morning,&quot; according to the documents.<\/p>\n<p>It&#039;s unclear if the planned call actually took place. A Meta spokesperson told Business Insider that the company has no comment.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a court briefing OpenAI filed on August 21, 2025, Musk &quot;identified&quot; Zuckerberg as a person he communicated with regarding a letter of intent about &quot;potential financing arrangements or investments&quot; in OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Neither Zuckerberg nor Meta signed the LOI,&quot; OpenAI added in the briefing.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI, Elon Musk, and a senior legal counsel for Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>On February 10, 2025, a consortium of investors, including xAI, led by Musk, submitted an unsolicited $97.4 billion bid to acquire the then-nonprofit organization that controls OpenAI. The bid, submitted by Musk&#039;s attorney Marc Toberoff, was aimed at blocking OpenAI&#039;s transition into a for-profit entity.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman promptly responded to the bid on X and said, &quot;no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 billion if you want.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In August 2024, Musk sued Altman and others on the OpenAI board, alleging that he was deceived into investing and that the founders originally approached him to fund a nonprofit focused on developing AI to benefit humanity, but that it was now focused on generating profit. Musk contributed around $38 million to OpenAI in its initial years but is now seeking up to $134 billion in damages in the most recent version of the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate conversation between Zuckerberg and Musk on December 13, 2024, Zuckerberg told Musk that someone had &quot;leaked&quot; Meta&#039;s letter to the California Attorney General in support of Musk&#039;s lawsuit against OpenAI.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Wanted to make sure you heard this from me,&quot; Zuckerberg added.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI officially completed its conversion from a nonprofit to a for-profit company in October 2025, although it still maintains a nonprofit wing.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#039;s lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI will begin jury selection on April 27 in Oakland, California.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&#039;s ongoing lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman reveals texts with Mark Zuckerberg discussing DOGE and OpenAI. REUTERS\/Laure Andrillon New documents were released in Elon Musk&#039;s lawsuit against OpenAI. The unredacted documents show text messages between Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. 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