Musk insists he wasn’t kneecapping OpenAI.

April 30, 2026

TL;DR

Musk denies causing harm to OpenAI by ending donations.
He states OpenAI could cover critical expenses without his donations.
Musk claims he hired Andrej Karpathy after Karpathy decided to leave OpenAI.
He denies poaching staff from OpenAI for Tesla, except for Karpathy.
Musk reiterates Tesla is not currently working on AGI.
He states he did not read the fine print on the term sheet for OpenAI's for-profit wing.
Musk believed Sam Altman's statement that investors should not expect a profit.

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