# OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman rejects Elon Musk's claim that he betrayed the ChatGPT maker.

*genai · news · 2026-05-12 · The Straits Times*

## Key points

- Sam Altman testified that Elon Musk once demanded a 90 percent stake and majority control in OpenAI.
- OpenAI chair Bret Taylor revealed xAI made a takeover bid for OpenAI in February 2025.
- Altman claimed Musk wanted to merge OpenAI with Tesla, which he refused to protect OpenAI's mission.
- Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever testified he spent a year gathering evidence about Altman's alleged dishonesty.

**Companies:** OpenAI, Microsoft, xAI
**Countries:** United States

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