![Musk-led group offers $97.4bn for OpenAI takeover; Sam Altman gives counter-offer](https://decode11.com/media/2025/02/msid-118131378imgsize-685120-fJ59bw-1024x576.png)
A group of investors led by Elon Musk has made a $97.4 billion bid to acquire the nonprofit that controls OpenAI, creating a major power struggle with CEO Sam Altman. The offer complicates OpenAI’s $40 billion funding efforts and its transition to a for-profit model.