Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI’s Early Tensions Exposed in Newly Shared Emails

Emails exposed in an ongoing legal battle between Elon Musk and OpenAI offer an inside look into the company's tumultuous early years. These messages, primarily exchanged between Musk, Sam Altman, and other co-founders like Ilya Sutskever, shed light on growing tensions over leadership, control, and the company’s trajectory.

Musk, in particular, expressed concerns about OpenAI's shift from its original nonprofit vision toward a more traditional corporate model, a transformation driven by Altman’s business focus.