Elon Musk vs Sam Altman | The Real Story

In 2015, two friends co-founded a nonprofit to keep AI safe for humanity.

You might’ve heard of them: Elon Musk and Sam Altman.

In 2025?

They’re running rival companies, throwing public punches, and fighting over who controls the future of AI.

Here’s what happened:

• OpenAI started as a nonprofit.

• Then Musk left — and pulled $100M in funding.

• Altman introduced a new structure called “capped-profit.”

• Then came $13B from Microsoft.

• Now, OpenAI says it’s becoming a for-profit public benefit corporation.

• And Elon? He’s suing them.

Along the way, they questioned every rule about how mission-driven startups are supposed to operate — and exposed a huge tension at the heart of modern tech:

Who gets to control the most powerful product in the world?

I turned hundreds of hours of research into a 12-minute doc for you here:

📺 Watch: Elon Musk vs Sam Altman | The Real Story

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paomo1DVzpw

Learn about:

• The real reason Musk left

• OpenAI’s privatization

• What this means for the future of AI

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