Elon Musk has once again targeted OpenAI, accusing the company of betraying its founding mission. In two sharp posts on X, Musk claimed that OpenAI “is built on a lie” and that it “stole a charity and used it for their own financial gain,” reigniting his long-running feud with the Sam Altman-led firm.
Musk’s latest attack
The Tesla and X chief’s comments come just days after OpenAI celebrated the first anniversary of its viral text-to-video app, Sora. Musk has repeatedly accused the company of abandoning its original non-profit purpose — to ensure AI benefits humanity — and turning into what he calls “a closed-source, profit-driven Microsoft subsidiary.”
OpenAI’s origin story under scrutiny
Musk co-founded OpenAI in 2015 as a non-profit research lab alongside Altman, Greg Brockman and others, contributing early funding and vision. However, he left the board in 2018 after disagreements over the company’s direction. OpenAI later established a capped-profit structure and partnered closely with Microsoft, sparking criticism that it had drifted far from its altruistic beginnings.
A deepening rift
This isn’t Musk’s first attack. Earlier this year, he sued OpenAI and Altman for “breach of contract,” alleging that they transformed the organisation into a for-profit enterprise contrary to its founding principles — a case later withdrawn. OpenAI has maintained that its current structure remains aligned with its mission to develop safe and beneficial artificial intelligence.
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