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by thallavajhula 8 days ago
Elon is not going to be happy about this. He's been vocal about his dislike towards the business model OpenAI chose to run with.
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I personally think Elon is willing to take a hit on SpaceX's IPO Friday because he knows it will suck the air out of Sam's attempt at exiting.
Here is my low key prediction about the purchase of Cursor by Elon.

Cursor is purportedly a huge customer of OAI, maybe a top five? I think Elon bought it to have leverage on sama.

If timed correctly, Elon could pull the plug on a huge customer (Cursor) the quarter before OAI try to IPO.

Elon wanted precisely the same model.
that's not the issue, Elon is just a petulant child that is losing the ai game ever since he left OAI. Elon wanted full control, and that dispute over control is the central issue.

Elon is 100% a for profit person, it's just a 10 year rivalry between Sam and Elon.

And to top that, he lost the battle in the court recently.