News Brief: Altman vs. Musk Rivalry Escalates
The feud between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tesla/X boss Elon Musk has intensified, spilling across multiple industries. Once co-founders of OpenAI in 2015, their relationship collapsed after Musk’s failed bid to control the company in 2018.
Since then, the rivalry has turned personal, with both men trading insults online and battling in court. Musk sued to block OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit entity, while Altman countersued, accusing Musk of trying to sabotage the company.
Now, Altman is openly challenging Musk’s businesses:
Neuralink: Altman co-founded Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup valued at $850M, set to rival Musk’s $9B Neuralink.
X (Twitter): OpenAI is reportedly developing an “X-like” social media platform, potentially threatening Musk’s platform with ChatGPT’s 700M weekly users compared to X’s 600M monthly users.
Tesla: With Tesla sales down 13.5% in Q2 2025, Musk is betting on robotaxis. But Altman announced a partnership with Applied Intuition to advance self-driving AI, claiming OpenAI tech could outperform Tesla’s.
SpaceX: Altman has invested in Longshot Space, which aims to launch satellites via a massive orbital gun, as well as Glydways, a robocar venture that could rival Tesla’s future robotaxi ambitions.
What began as shared concern about AI has become a bitter multi-front corporate war, with Altman taking aim at nearly all of Musk’s companies.
#TechFeud #AltmanVsMusk #SiliconValleyWars
The feud between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tesla/X boss Elon Musk has intensified, spilling across multiple industries. Once co-founders of OpenAI in 2015, their relationship collapsed after Musk’s failed bid to control the company in 2018.
Since then, the rivalry has turned personal, with both men trading insults online and battling in court. Musk sued to block OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit entity, while Altman countersued, accusing Musk of trying to sabotage the company.
Now, Altman is openly challenging Musk’s businesses:
Neuralink: Altman co-founded Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup valued at $850M, set to rival Musk’s $9B Neuralink.
X (Twitter): OpenAI is reportedly developing an “X-like” social media platform, potentially threatening Musk’s platform with ChatGPT’s 700M weekly users compared to X’s 600M monthly users.
Tesla: With Tesla sales down 13.5% in Q2 2025, Musk is betting on robotaxis. But Altman announced a partnership with Applied Intuition to advance self-driving AI, claiming OpenAI tech could outperform Tesla’s.
SpaceX: Altman has invested in Longshot Space, which aims to launch satellites via a massive orbital gun, as well as Glydways, a robocar venture that could rival Tesla’s future robotaxi ambitions.
What began as shared concern about AI has become a bitter multi-front corporate war, with Altman taking aim at nearly all of Musk’s companies.
#TechFeud #AltmanVsMusk #SiliconValleyWars
News Brief: Altman vs. Musk Rivalry Escalates
The feud between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tesla/X boss Elon Musk has intensified, spilling across multiple industries. Once co-founders of OpenAI in 2015, their relationship collapsed after Musk’s failed bid to control the company in 2018.
Since then, the rivalry has turned personal, with both men trading insults online and battling in court. Musk sued to block OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit entity, while Altman countersued, accusing Musk of trying to sabotage the company.
Now, Altman is openly challenging Musk’s businesses:
Neuralink: Altman co-founded Merge Labs, a brain-computer interface startup valued at $850M, set to rival Musk’s $9B Neuralink.
X (Twitter): OpenAI is reportedly developing an “X-like” social media platform, potentially threatening Musk’s platform with ChatGPT’s 700M weekly users compared to X’s 600M monthly users.
Tesla: With Tesla sales down 13.5% in Q2 2025, Musk is betting on robotaxis. But Altman announced a partnership with Applied Intuition to advance self-driving AI, claiming OpenAI tech could outperform Tesla’s.
SpaceX: Altman has invested in Longshot Space, which aims to launch satellites via a massive orbital gun, as well as Glydways, a robocar venture that could rival Tesla’s future robotaxi ambitions.
What began as shared concern about AI has become a bitter multi-front corporate war, with Altman taking aim at nearly all of Musk’s companies.
#TechFeud #AltmanVsMusk #SiliconValleyWars
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