OpenAI lawyers question Meta’s role in Elon Musk’s $97B takeover bid 

Openai Meta requests evidence of any coordinated plans with Elon Musk and XAI to gain or invest in ChatGPT maker.

The request was announced in a short period on Thursday in the ongoing lawsuit of Elon Musk against Openai. Lawyers representing Openai said that they summoned Meta in June to obtain documents related to its potential participation in the unwanted Musk offer, which is 97 billion dollars to seize the start of the operation in February. It is unclear to deposit whether these documents are present. Openai finally denied the Musk Show.

Openai’s lawyers say they discovered that Musk had contact with the CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg on XAI’s attempt to buy a ChatGPT maker, including “about potential financing arrangements or investments.”

Mita objected to a preliminary summons in Openai in July; Chatgpt-Maker’s lawyers are now seeking a court order to obtain such evidence. Openai also requests the court for any of the Meta documents and communications related to “any effective or possible restructuring or the Openai – the main case in the Musk lawsuit against Openai.

The Meta and Stone Techcrunch spokesman directed a section of Openai files that stipulate that Meta nor Zuckerberg MUSK letter to get a Chatgpt maker.

Meta refused to comment more. Openai and MUPENA’s legal advisor did not respond immediately to request Techcrunch to comment.

In the background of the Openai Battle with Musk, Meta has invested greatly in its own efforts to develop Frontier AI models. In 2023, court deposits in another case in another case revealed, in 2023, Meta executives revealed the development of the Amnesty International model that could overcome the GPT-4 of Openai. By early 2025, Meta models have exceeded artificial intelligence behind the industry standard, and according to Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg has raised the pressure in recent months, which launches many researchers at Openai, including the co -founder of Chatgpt, Shengjia Zhao, who is now leading research efforts in the latest AI unit in the company, Meta Supertelligence Labs. META also invested $ 14 billion in AI, and reports indicate that many other artificial intelligence laboratories are close to acquisitions.

Although it is unclear to what extent the conversations were developed between Musk and Zuckerberg, just the idea of ​​a partnership between billionaires represents the amount of the threat Openai. Two years ago, Musk said he would fight Zuckerberg physically in a cage match (never happened).

The ascension of artificial intelligence might have prompted Musk and Zuckerberg to allocate their differences aside.

The briefing on Thursday is part of a larger lawsuit submitted by Musk against Openai, which is a problem with the conversion of Openai for its arm to profit into a company of general interest. Such a conversion is necessary for Openai to obtain financing from investors, and ultimately, it was publicly put forward. However, Musk – one of the founders and an early investor in Openai – tried to throw the switching key in the endeavor, claiming that restructuring contradicts the founding mission to start operating.

Lawyers who represent a dead court requested the court to reject Openai’s request to obtain evidence, on the pretext that Musk and Xai can provide any related information. Meta also argues that its internal discussions on the restructuring of Openai and the restoration of the drawing are not related to the case.

This story has been updated to add more information about the issue, as well as the history of Musk and Zuckerberg.